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    When Puppet Shows Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws--Etc.

    JANUARY 22, 2013 8:29AM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: free speech, puppets, satire, comedy, spoof, humor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2483 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    An Open Letter to an Irate Iranian

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 9:25PM

    By Alan Milner


    Topics: free speech, libya, us, islam

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 2937 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Let Me Talk About Your Prophet

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 4:13PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: joseph smith, mormonism, muhammed, islam, south park, book of mormon musical, parker and stone, religious tolerance, free speech, libyan violence, news, politics, religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2011 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Todd Akin meets the Mothers of Prevention

    AUGUST 24, 2012 10:28AM

    By Kyle Schmidlin


    Topics: free speech, legitimate rape, rape, abortion, todd akin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3560 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Free Speech No Free Pass From Truth or Consequences

    JULY 31, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, religious right, republican party, chick-fil-a, free speech, gay marriage, dan cathy, mayor tom menino, public opinion, fairness doctrine, mike huckabee, christian right, focus on the family, founding fathers, first amendment, constitution, fact versus opinion, democracy, consent of the governed, popular sovereignty, fox news, msnbc, ann coulter, communism, treason, marketplace of ideas, boston globe, bigotry, president obama, paranoia, science, gender discrimination, gun control, hunger, justice clarence thomas, liberalism, conservatism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1074 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    No advertising or lobbying expenses without representation

    MAY 16, 2012 10:36AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: alternative media, susan linn, consuming kids, roy fox, harvesting minds, tobacco, gambling, oligarchies, sweatshops, propaganda, citizens united, buckley v. valeo, free speech, ballot questions, lobbying, advertising, mass media, education, television, politics, economy, business, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 7898 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    The Somewhat False Equivalency of Bill Maher & Rush Limbaugh

    MARCH 8, 2012 10:11AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: sponsors, free speech, misogyny, sexism, bill maher, rush limbaugh

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 14827 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Should Rush Limbaugh Be On the Armed Forces Network?

    MARCH 5, 2012 11:32AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: hate speech, free speech, armed forces radio network, misogyny, talk radio, sandra fluke, rush limbaugh

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2814 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    My Daughter Had Her Own Governor Brownback (update)

    NOVEMBER 28, 2011 5:03AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: politics, news, family, belief/religion, twitter, rights of school students, civil liberties, pledge of allegiance, a mother's kvell, free speech, apologies, brownback

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2287 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Politics and the Pulpit

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 8:28AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, religion, alliance defense fund, internal revenue service, irs, charities, free speech, political speech on the part of churches, pulpit freedom sunday, irs revenue ruling 2007-14, the rev. james garlow, senior pastor at skyline church in lamesa, california, marcus owens, sandy huffaker, new york times, the restriction of political campaign intervention by section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, free speech, religious electioneering, charitable tax exemption, politics and religion, separation of church and state

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1188 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Support Our Troops

    OCTOBER 2, 2011 9:05PM

    By profkeck


    Topics: first amendment, free speech, fox news debate, republican debate, soldier, homosexual, patriotism, gay/lesbian, military, armed forces, support our troops, don't ask don't tell, gay, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 3022 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    The Racist Bake Sale At UC Berkeley Today

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 4:39PM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: breaking news, politics, racism, affirmative action, free speech, berkeley, college, education

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2330 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Tucson Will Change Nothing

    JANUARY 12, 2011 10:11AM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: society, violence, right wing, political murder, political assasination, loughner, gabrielle giffords, tuscon, free speech, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 4960 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Straight Pride at my son's High School

    NOVEMBER 15, 2010 10:12AM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: gay/lesbian, publishers, novels, novelist, writers, books, literary, publishing, writing, free speech, high school, gay, straight pride

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 9746 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    International "Buy A Quran" Day

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 12:28PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: terry jones, burn a quran day, buy a quran day, koran, islam, radical islam, gainsville, religious tolerance, intellectual freedom, free speech, freedom of religion, pluralism, fundamentalism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2176 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Iowa Tea Party Group Gets Down and Dirty!

    JULY 14, 2010 11:19AM

    By RARobertsJr.


    Topics: free speech, socialism, billboard, tea party, obama, iowa

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 4113 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Facebook, the First Amendment, and Anti-Teacher Rants

    FEBRUARY 17, 2010 12:08PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: katherine evans, katie evans, pembroke pines charter high school, peter bayer, pembroke pines florida, florida aclu, facebook, high school, teenagers, social media, free speech, anti-teacher rant, education, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 4675 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Supreme Court Affirms Corporate Suffrage

    FEBRUARY 15, 2010 5:11PM

    By The Desperate Blogger


    Topics: campaign finance, corporate entities, election, free speech, snark, suffrage, supreme court, political humor, politics, satire

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2556 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Weekly 10: Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books Of 2008

    JULY 23, 2009 8:14PM

    By J. Robert Godbout


    Topics: books, literature, list, reading, censorship, free press, free speech

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1358 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Free Speech Flourishes in the Hands of Pipsqueak Bloggers

    JULY 16, 2009 11:14AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: business, news, blogging, blogosphere, blogs, pipsqueaks, cleveland plain dealer, ted diadiun, newspaper problems, free speech

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