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Jim Morrison and the Doors were scheduled to play their number one hit, " Light My Fire ," on a 1967 episode of The Ed Sullivan Show , but there was one line to which the long-time host took offense. "Girl, we couldn't get much higher...
You need not dig deep into the annals of history to find examples of religious bloodshed. From the Crusades to the Inquisition to the terrorist attacks seven years ago today, dogmatic interpretations of religious doctrine - spanning almost every set of...
By Harvey Silverglate Three cheers for Margery Eagan for her July 8 th Boston Herald column ’s deft skewering of those who have reacted with horror and, even worse, threats of future censorship toward this year’s Beverly Farms Horribles Parade, posted...
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the owners of the Chicago Cubs are considering enacting a de facto "civility code" at Wrigley field, in response to some Cubs fans who have taken to booing the underperforming left fielder Alfonso Soriano...
Following up on Harvey's post about the right to travel to Cuba, a few days ago Israeli security services detained American (ex-)academic Norman Finkelstein and refused to allow him entry to Israel for the next ten years. Salon.com 's Glenn Greenwald...
This morning, the Supreme Court ruled that a law that outlaws promoting or advertising -- "pandering" -- child pornography is constitutional and does not interfere with First Amendment freedoms. In the case, United States v. Williams , decided...
This morning, the Supreme Court ruled that a law that outlaws promoting or advertising -- "pandering" -- child pornography is constitutional and does not interfere with First Amendment freedoms. In the case, United States v. Williams , decided...
By Wendy Kaminer Reacting predictably to spate of noose hanging incidents in late 2007, New York governor David Patterson has signed legislation criminalizing display of a noose with intent to harass or threaten because of bias against the usual categories...
Last month, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (disclosure: for which TheFreeForAll blogger Harvey Silverglate serves as Chairman of the Board) noted that Colorado College had punished several students who published a parody of a campus...
A popular viral video making the rounds on the internet shows New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman getting hit with a pie as he begins a speech at Brown University. The Brown Daily Herald reported yesterday that one of the students was taken into...
The Waltham-based university named after the late and great Supreme Court Justice, Louis D. Brandeis, champion of free speech and free thought, has just achieved the dubious distinction of winning one of the “muzzle awards” given out annually by the highly...
I have two articles in the March 13, 2008 issue of the Boston Phoenix . In the first, Jan Wolfe and I criticize the ill-advised arrest of performance artist Milan Kohout and follow up on his case, which was dismissed in Massachusetts court. In the second...
Writing for the Los Angeles Times (and carried in the Boston Globe ), the usually very informative David Savage is a perfect example of the aggravating and puzzling trend whereby newspapers, ranging from national to regional, fail to report adequately...
Censorship seems to be in the news today. On his Fox News show on Wednesday, host John Gibson profiled the story of a Florida teenager who was arrested for disorderly conduct and breach of peace for rapping -- specifically, rapping the word "motherfucker"...
The New York Times is reporting that Wikipedia is getting flak -- in the form of angry emails and a 80,000-signature petition -- over its entry on the life and times of Muhammad . The website contains several images of the face of Muhammad taken from...
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