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MACDONALD: Sotomayor Was Never Bad On Free Speech

September 18, 2025 Steve MacDonald

The sort-of, kind-of fallout has begun to settle from AG Pam Bondi’s remarks about prosecuting hate speech. It’s been a few days, an interminable amount of internet time, and other mausements are bound to distract. No one’s talking about the war in Ukraine, for example, so if Bondi can manage not to attract attention, the … Read more

MACDONALD: The Hate Speech Problem

September 17, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Attorney General Pam Bondi has had a few missteps as the nation’s top cop, but that’s to be expected. It’s a big stage, a big job, and given how the Trump Administration is taking on the largest pruning of the Federal Kudzu beast ever attempted, there are lots of legal things that would find their … Read more

Opinion: Why We Should Hate Hate Speech Laws

July 9, 2025June 23, 2025 David Gordon

In many countries, though not in most parts of the United States, laws prohibit “hate speech.” Those who, in Jeremy Waldron’s opinion, uncritically elevate the benefits of free speech over competing values oppose hate-speech laws; but Waldron thinks that a strong case can be made in their favor. (Waldron thinks that there are “very few … Read more

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The UK Threatens Americans

February 28, 2025 Steve MacDonald

I’m not inclined to travel these days. I don’t like the BCS at TSA. I don’t have the proper “documents.” I confess to being a bit put out by the impact of DEI on the design, assembly, flight, and air traffic control. And I admit to some lingering concern over their response to COVID-19. It … Read more

Is NH’s AG Chasing Another Bogus Civil Rights Case?

October 23, 2025January 18, 2025 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella might be a great guy to watch the game with or drink a beer. Maybe he plays an instrument (wasn’t everyone in New England in a garage band at least once?). Decent singing voice? Donates to puppy rescue shelters? Hands out sandwiches at homeless camps. I have no clue, … Read more

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The State’s War Against Hate

October 16, 2024 Wanjiru Njoya

In Against the State, Lew Rockwell explains how the constant expansion of state power is often justified as a necessary means of achieving the dreams and visions of voters. In its relentless pursuit of power, the state has a strong incentive to focus on the problems that are likely to resonate most deeply with voters and, … Read more

‘Hate Speech’ Means they Hate … Speech

February 14, 2024 Steve MacDonald

There is speech that is hateful, but the people who want to use that idea to silence other opinions hate speech. Intransitive Verb: ‘ To feel a strong dislike for or hostility toward.’ The laws they want or pass are about hating speech, not hateful speech. Free speech is what they hate.

Millions Allocated to Spy on Citizens in Search of Hate Speech

November 15, 2023 Op-Ed

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced surveillance efforts on Americans. She, through the New York State government, claims a need to target and root out hate speech on social media to create a safer and more just New York State.

Legislative Paradox: Michigan House Passes Bill That Should Make The Bill Itself Illegal

July 7, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The war on free speech continues in Michigan. The legislature is advancing a bill that would make it a felony to “feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.” My first thought was, no more pandemic fearmongering, then?

MIT Student President Commits Hate Hoax to Prove Speech is Too Free

May 13, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The College Fix reports that MIT’s “student government president has been removed from his position and faces a recall election due to his role in perpetrating two campus hate-crime hoaxes” in opposition to new campus policies supporting free speech.

What Responsibility Does NHPR Bear For The Nashville School Shooting?

March 28, 2023 Ed Mosca

NHPR’s Todd Bookman recently wrote an article claiming that LGBTQ people are in danger of being attacked by “hate groups,” and that some have begun arming themselves, and training, in response to this alleged threat. Here is the headline: From the article: Every member of the group has a different story about how they arrived … Read more

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Having Fun with the “Neurodivergents” That Created Stanford’s Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative

December 28, 2022 Steve MacDonald

When UNH created its Bias-freeLanguage Guide, we wrote stories that went national. Then UNH President Mark Huddleston made it disappear and talked about the University’s commitment to free and open speech.

Laconia School Administrator Gave Master Key to Dozens of Students for “SR. Prank”

June 2, 2022 Skip

Almost every High School, come graduation time, has a Senior Prank that is pulled. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not. But given what just happened in Uvalde, TX, where there was much consternation over an open door by a teacher (was it? was it not?) and those sworn to protect Society twiddling their thumbs outside as innocent … Read more

One Minute Read: Understanding the Left and “Free” Speech

April 8, 2022 Steve MacDonald

We have free speech in America, but I will not fight to the death to defend your right to promote tyranny.

Germany Has it, The American Left Wants It – And This is What it Looks Like …

March 25, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The American Left has been spit polishing its jackboots for years for a moment like this and if we didn’t have the First Amendment AND a Supreme Court committed to defending it (9-0 in most cases), this would be happening to many of us right now.

Black Students Accused of Hate Crimes Must Have the Left Losing Its Hive Mind

January 14, 2025March 11, 2022 Steve MacDonald

We have a report of a Middle School Near miss in Broward County Florida. This near-miss isn’t about firearms but there are troubled kids and troubled educators, but not the way you might imagine.

Biden’s DHS Secretary Escalates the Cyber War on Free Speech

December 18, 2021 Steve MacDonald

If you’ve said anything The State can’t abide on platforms like Facebook or Twitter they’ve been Johnny on the spot about letting you know. Even the UN is in on the game, telling hosting companies to shut down websites they have decided “promote” hate speech.

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Effectiveness of Masks Varies by a Number of Factors

October 10, 2021 Rick Notkin

Riddle me this, Batman: When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar. To be fair, American English is a can of worms. How can a word such as “sanction” mean both approval and a penalty?

If You Like the Founding Fathers You’re a “Dead Ender.”

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021
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The media are calling those who like the founding fathers “Dead Enders.” There is power in political name-calling. About 70 years ago America went through the Red Scare. People lost their careers for joining the wrong group.

Quick Thought – a PERFECT display of “Inclusive” – but only on Democrat terms

February 27, 2021 Skip

SHOT: Rush Limbaugh dies, FL Gov Ron DeSantis order flags to half-staff on day of interment …Limbaugh, a longtime resident of Palm Beach, Florida, passed away at 70 on Wednesday from lung cancer, and will be buried in the state. DeSantis announced Friday during a news conference that “once the date of interment for Rush … Read more