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Texas attack refocuses attention on fine line between free speech and hate speech

Pamela Geller is a 56-year-old Jewish arch-conservative from New York, a vehement critic of radical Islam who organized a provocative $10,000 cartoon contest in this placid Dallas suburb designed to c... read more

Anders Breivik is guilty: the fine line between bad and mad

The Breivik trial brings the complex issues surrounding criminal responsibility into sharp relief. It prompts us to where the line between "madness" and "badness" lies and to think about how to respon... read more

The Obama Legacy: A Promise of Hope

Obama was the first sitting president to visit the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack, bringing global attention both to survivors ... Then, in perhaps the most prescient line of his speech ... read more

College Presidents Say: "Hate Speech Is Not Free Speech"

But from time to time, American colleges and universities are subject to witness hate speech or activity that is disguised as free speech. Such has been the case in recent weeks at several colleges an... read more

Criticism of pseudoscience and quackery is not “hate speech”

That they’re “hate speech ... posts line by line, I’d have to write a book (or at least a very large pamphlet). Even for Orac, that’s too much, particularly for a weeknight, when I have to go to bed a... read more

A few cartoons won't bring down Islam, so why the violence?

("Texas attack refocuses attention on fine line between free speech and hate speech," May 4) With a cursory Web search, I can find artwork critical of Islam and Muhammad dating back at least to the Re... read more

What the right's "American exceptionalism" attack on Obama is really about

That's because the right intends this attack line as a proxy for their ... in our belief in free speech and equality, that, though imperfect, are exceptional...I see no contradiction between believing ... read more

Texas governor says NFL is “walking on thin ice” with Super Bowl threat

Everything may indeed be bigger in Texas, including the bravado of its politicians when talking about targets that are safely out of town. After the NFL suggested last week that future events in Texas ... read more

When 'safe spaces' become an attack on ideas

We should pay attention to what's happening ... objected that the idea that cultural appropriation was inherently wrong could stifle free speech and open debate. Christakis' email was apparently beyon... read more

Giving back, Feb. 24

Advantage Auto Sales & Credit awarded a movie gift card and a $100 Washington House gift certificate to customer Steve Hein as part of its “Dinner and a Movie” Valentine’s Day contest. Two runners-up ... read more

Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Was Never Going to Be Easy. But Did It Have to Get This Hard?

In a locker room at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, people are waiting in line to get their pictures taken with Hillary Clinton ... Texas,” she told me firmly, practically licking her lip... read more

Facebook Algorithm Flags, Removes Declaration of Independence Text as Hate Speech

Plus, The Vindicator is using Facebook for free, so the newspaper has little grounds for complaint other than the silliness of it." Of course, Facebook's actions here are silly. They demonstrate a pro... read more