Andrea Widburg has the story: In New Haven, Connecticut, home to Yale University, a conservative woman spent a year embroiled in the criminal justice system based on the allegation that she had hurled a racial slur at someone. Ultimately, the case was dismissed because videos proved her innocence, but the whole case perfectly …
Category: freedom of expression
May 03 2025
Freedoms That Aren’t
You and I, Gentle Reader, are aware of the limitations that come with employment… at least, I am, and I hope you are. What the boss tells you to do, you do; what he tells you not to do, you don’t. Roger-wilco acceptance of one’s supervisor’s decrees is the price of one’s paycheck. Neither …
Jan 16 2025
Desiccation In Progress
[W]e are told that there is no need to fear the concentration of power in government so long as that power is checked by the electoral process. We are urged to believe that so long as we can express our disagreement in words, we have our full rights to disagree. Now both freedom of …
Dec 30 2024
So Much For X
I had hopes that it truly had become a free-speech platform, but apparently disagreeing with Elon Musk about H1B visas gets you shushed: Something very interesting and openly obvious is happening amid the backlash that Elon Musk and the Silicon Valley network are facing to their H1B position. Effective December 26, Elon …
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