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Salman Rushdie

[T]he moment you limit free speech, it’s not free speech.

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The Fix Wasn’t In
Something totally unexpected — by me, at least — happened earlier this month in …
Your Victory
SharingTuesday’s mid-term elections amount to another watershed moment in American …
The 22 Franc Minimum Wage
SharingFox News’s Bill O’Reilly and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt …
Four Powers on the Chopping Block
SharingA group of Ohio citizens isn’t leaving the maintenance of …
Pay the Boatman
SharingAttack the outsider — the first resort of the unarmed arguer. My Townhall …

Denial Is a River in Argentina?
November 22, 2024
Paul Jacob on one country’s retreat from self-imposed poverty.Read More »
Watch Out!
November 21, 2024
Paul Jacob on strange edits in the Lone Star State.Read More »
The Hill as Hallucinogen
November 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on a false news story, gone but not …Read More »
Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
November 18, 2024
Paul Jacob on who could help whom do what is …Read More »
Lost Justice, Long Island
November 15, 2024
Paul Jacob finds a sliver of a silver lining in …Read More »

Term Limits Now
SharingGovernment of, by and for the people. Yeah, right. If government …
The Election Addiction Fiction
SharingPoor Willie Brown. Ever since California slapped term limits on …
THRO
SharingWhat can one person do? I wish Jack Gargan were here …
Politicians Bearing GIFs
SharingYesterday, we discovered that the biggest term limits opponent in …
The Goblins of November
SharingWhich is scarier, Halloween or the Tuesday after? Silly question. Of …

Daughter Draft
Sharing“A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.” For years, the …
Five for Ferguson
SharingMichael Brown is dead. No video can bring him back. As …
Propaganda Bombs
Sharing“In these times, we have to unify,” President Donald Trump …
Smash the Duopoly
SharingWhen Donald Trump called our country’s electoral process a “rigged …
For Freedom in Venezuela
SharingLast week’s coup in Venezuela flopped, it’s reported. But “coup” …

Don’t think legislators deserve a 150% pay raise?
The Arkansas legislature is on track to receive a massive pay …
What He Says and What He Means
A handy reference chart.
Dear Bernie: Here’s How Rights Work…
A new “right” that violates other fundamental rights, can’t be …
Alexander Cockburn, First Rule of Journalism
“The First Rule of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather …
The Meaning of “Liberal”
Once upon a time “liberal” meant opposition to authority. Now “liberal” means …