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Dispelling the myth of a ‘Christian nation’ 9 Aug 2013 | 02:07 am
Culture warriors, pseudo-historians and opportunistic politicians have spent the last several decades peddling the myth that America was founded as a “Christian nation.” The propaganda appears to be ...
For most Americans, gay equality trumps religious objections 9 Aug 2013 | 01:49 am
In the wake of two favorable Supreme Court decisions, gay-rights proponents got another boost this month with the release of State of the First Amendment: 2013, a public-opinion survey supported by th...
With Post purchase, Bezos has chance to remake newspaper model 6 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
Jeff Bezos made it clear in founding Amazon.com that he can compete in the marketplace. We’ll just have to wait and see if he can, and will, do the same thing in the marketplace of ideas — that equal...
Rolling Stone cover offers exercise of free speech for everyone 23 Jul 2013 | 02:24 am
Don’t like the latest Rolling Stone magazine, featuring “glam, rock-star” photo treatment on the cover of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? Don’t buy the magazine. A simple, First Am...
America’s favorite freedom 16 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
What is America’s favorite freedom? It’s freedom of speech by a wide margin, according to the annual State of the First Amendment survey. About 47% of those polled in the First Amendment Center surv...
Fear after violent incidents imperils our core liberties 16 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
At various times, every American likely has wished for less of some things that the First Amendment protects. Less hateful speech. One less noisy protest group. Or maybe even the swift departure of a ...
34% say First Amendment goes too far in protecting rights 16 Jul 2013 | 08:59 pm
Full report Tables WASHINGTON — In a survey released today by the Newseum Institute, 34% of Americans say the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees, up from 13% in last year’s sur...
A right for the religious is a right for the nonreligious 14 Jul 2013 | 08:59 pm
Government in America must be neutral among religions and neutral between religion and non-religion – at least that’s how the U.S. Supreme Court interprets the establishment clause of the First Amendm...
Democracy minus freedom equals tyranny 5 Jul 2013 | 09:16 pm
Violent protests and a rising death toll across Egypt this week are tragic reminders that free and fair elections are no guarantee of a free and fair society. Only one year ago, Mohammad Morsi won Eg...
Arresting journalists-at-work is a double-negative 28 Jun 2013 | 03:27 am
Governnment surveillance of news media operations ranging from The Associated Press to Fox News has made national headlines for more than month now. But there’s an ongoing government-press conflict t...
