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NY Senate Advances Speech Suppression Bill Disguised As Anti-Bullying Legislation

by Steve MacDonald / 10 June 2018 26 September 2018

The New York State Senate, under cover of protecting under-eighteen year-olds from ‘cyberbullying’ have advanced a bill that presents the government with a far-reaching tool to silence a wide range of speech it decides has violated their law. I’ll let you explore Eugene Volokh’s examination of potential issues for speech suppression here, but I wanted …

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One More Wack At Dartmouth and the Ruling Class Elite

by Steve MacDonald / 10 June 2018 26 September 2018

A recent survey of Dartmouth Students got ample attention from me here and here, but Jack Kerwick, writing at Townhall.com, combed through it here and I wanted to share his conclusion because it distills the noisy narratives down to a moment of clarity. In summary, the Dartmouth survey establishes the truth of three propositions: (1)Republican …

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Justice Thomas Defends Free Speech in Masterpiece Cake Shop v. Colorado…

by Steve MacDonald / 7 June 2018 3 February 2019

Hopefully, Ellen cleared up the “narrowness” of the decision in the SCOTUS Masterpiece Cake Shop LTD v. Colorado Human Rights Commission. The verdict was narrow not the vote. And while it was a victory for religious conscience, it was not a sweeping defense of Free Speech. We do, however, find advocates for free speech in concurring …

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Exeter NH Police Chief Arrests Resident for Social Media Comment

by Steve MacDonald / 3 June 2018 26 September 2018

In a story that went wide yesterday, Exeter Police Chief William Shupe had Robert Frese arrested for an online comment in which he said: “Chief Shupe covered up for a dirty cop.” I may have my differences with the NH ACLU, but we’ve consistently agreed on one thing. Free Speech. Shupe is a public official. As such he …

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UNH Professor Gloats About Disrupting Conservative Speaker

by Steve MacDonald / 26 May 2018 26 September 2018

From Campus Reform, A disruptive heckler who was filmed harassing Dave Rubin during a speech at the University of Hampshire on May 1 turns out to be a Senior Lecturer in Women’s Studies at UNH. Rubin, a well-known gay, Democrat online talk show host, has recently gained popularity among young conservatives for his willingness to …

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From Feb. 2016 to Feb. 2018 the global average temperatures dropped 0.56°C

by Steve MacDonald / 21 May 2018 26 September 2018

Aaron Brown, writing at Real Clear Markets reports that, according to NASA Data, “the greatest global two-year cooling event of the last century just occurred.” How could you have missed that news? It sounds a lot like Climate Change. The Climate changed, measurably, and historically, on the altar of the same NASA Climate Temple as …

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FIRE Gives UNH “Green Light” for Free Speech (Say What!)

by Steve MacDonald / 16 May 2018 29 December 2022

Greg Moore took me by surprise with a tweet about how the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) had given UNH its highest rating for free speech. Say what?

The Coalition for Open Democracy Isn’t Very Transparent

by Steve MacDonald / 12 May 2018 26 September 2018

The Coalition for Open Democracy was founded by New Hampshire’s Granny (D) Haddock to fight big money in politics. All based on the idea that wealthy special interests are warping the process. Granny D left our world in 2010 and since then, or more specifically in 2014, 2015, and 2016 Open Democracy racked in a total …

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Yeah, looks about right

by Skip / 9 May 2018 26 September 2018

(H/T: Powerline)

The Press, Corporations, Campaign Finance, and The First Amendment

by Steve MacDonald / 5 May 2018 26 September 2018

Eugene Volokh is writing a series of articles on Free Speech and freedom of the press over at Reason. In this installment, he looks at exceptions afforded to a special class of corporate ‘speakers’ the professional press. Under any sensible accounting scheme, an editorial supporting a candidate would cost a lot in labor costs and the …

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