Tag Archives: the First Amendment
Incompetent Elected Official of the Month: Indiana State Senator Vaneta Becker
Won’t the people of Indiana help this poor woman by finding her a job that she doesn’t stink at? Continue reading
The Loudon County Courthouse Christmas Display Fiasco: Anatomy of an Ethics Train Wreck
In Loudon County, Virginia, a full-fledged ethics train wreck over Christmas decorations. Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen
University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen ratifies the school’s police chief’s decision to remove two posters from a professor’s office door out of fear of a fictional character in one instance, and fear of the truth in another. Continue reading
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The University of Wisconsin’s Lesson: Ignorance + Political Correctness = Repression
As in the disturbing incident at Widener Law School, in which a professor has been persecuted and punished for the imagined sexist and racist implications in his fanciful classroom hypothetical, a theater professor at the University of Wisconsin in Stout, is now being subjected to full-fledged censorship by the university’s administration because of a pop culture reference that it finds “threatening.” Continue reading
Ethics Quote of the Week: Justice Antonin Scalia
Those who have suggested that Justice Scalia’s vote in support of unrestricted campaign advocacy by organizations in the much-reviled Citizens United case was motivated by political bias rather than dedication to principle ought to read his opinion here, and then send him a letter of apology. Continue reading
The Attack of the Grievance Bullies Continues…on “Napoleon Dynamite”???
At least Damon Fowlercould claim to be upholding a Constitutional principle, and at least he had to be in the audience for the prayer he blocked, giving him standing to object. The word-police in the disabilities community had no such excuses. They used their muscle to stop others from enjoying a film in the park, because they objected to one word in the movie, even though they didn’t have to hear it. Continue reading
The Internet Censorship Bill and Escalating Abuse of Government Power: Why Do We Continue to Trust These People?
Day by day we are watching our core rights be marginalized by the very people who are sworn to protect it. They are neither honest, nor especially bright, nor courageous, and their loyalty and integrity are for sale, yet we not only accept their abuses, but prepare to trust them with even more power over our lives. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “The University of Wisconsin’s Lesson: Ignorance + Political Correctness = Repression”
Michael posted this Comment of the Day (though I am posting it here a day late), discussing the plight of the U. of Wisconsin professor whose “Firefly” poster was deemed to create an unacceptable risk of violence. Continue reading →
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