Charlie Hebdo May Now Be Criticized Because It Mocked White Texans Rather Than Muslims
The key free speech principle has been rediscovered: One need not celebrate and praise ideas to defend their right to be expressed.
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The NY Times's Newest Op-Ed Hire, Bari Weiss, Embodies its Worst Failings — and its Lack of Viewpoint Diversity
As the Paper of Record boasts of its own diversity, the range of opinions it airs continues to shrink.
In Europe, Hate Speech Laws are Often Used to Suppress and Punish Left-Wing Viewpoints
If hate speech laws existed in the U.S., their prime targets would be pro-Palestinian groups, Muslims, atheists, Black Lives Matter activists, and antifa.
Harvey Didn't Come Out of the Blue. Now is the Time to Talk About Climate Change.
Now is exactly the time to talk about climate change — and all the other systemic injustices that turn disasters like Harvey into human catastrophes.
Steve Bannon Is Gone, But His Bigotry Stays in the White House
The White House chief strategist encouraged Trump's racist tendencies but they were Trump's to begin with, and they remain in the Oval Office after Bannon's departure.
Donald Trump Has Been a Racist All His Life — And He Isn’t Going to Change After Charlottesville
Much of the media has overlooked the fact that Trump doesn’t like being forced to denounce racism for the very simple reason that he himself is, and always has been, a racist.
The Misguided Attacks on ACLU for Defending Neo-Nazis' Free Speech Rights in Charlottesville
The impulse to curtail civil liberties in the wake of terror attacks, and blame those who defend them, is always wrong and dangerous.
The Madman With Nuclear Weapons is Donald Trump, Not Kim Jong-un
The dictator of North Korea is brutal but not crazy. The American president, however, has been described by mental health experts as paranoid and delusional.
What's Worse: Trump's Campaign Agenda or Empowering Generals and CIA Operatives to Subvert It?
Those who spent the year mocking the notion of a Deep State are now openly cheering its assertion of power.
Jared Kushner's Pro-Israel Bias Is Nothing New for U.S. Mideast Envoys — It's Just the Most Blatant
President Trump's son-in-law, who displayed his inexperience in a leaked recording, also lacks even the pretense of balance on Israel.