Freedom in Fiction: Antigone
“I know my duty, where true duty lies….When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.” Antigone seems as if she should have been an Early Christian martyr, but she wasn’t. The deeply reflective...
View ArticleFree Speech at Modesto Junior College Is Booked Until October
Free speech is not allowed on the sidewalk at Modesto Junior College in California, and students must represent an official organization if they want to pass out materials or engage in conversation...
View ArticleCan You Lie About a Politician…
…Without Breaking the Law? We all know that lying is bad. But should it be illegal? That’s the crux of a case now before the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue is an Ohio elections law that makes it a crime...
View Article“Among the Natural Rights of Mankind”
Each year since 1996, the President has declared January 16 “Religious Freedom Day.” January 16, 1786 was the day Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom was enacted. The Statute...
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