The First Amendment right of free speech is expansive, but not absolute. If it were, libel law couldn’t exist. Anyone who participates in acidic political debate on the internet should think about how far they can go in slamming, shaming, or skewering their ideological adversaries without caus[...]
Archive for November 16th, 2018
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Revisiting abortion on FACEBOOK
Avi Ibrahim Balser, a dear Facebook friend, and I have been debating the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision on abortion. Avi says he stands by Byron White’s opposition opinion. Avi may be surprised that I agree with Justice White that the decision was certainly not in the intent of the authors of[...]
White House gives up trying to bar CNN reporter
Update: The White House gave up and restored CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass on Monday, Nov. 19, after CNN threatened to go back to court to prevent the administration from carrying out its threat to resume barring him from press briefings when the temporary order expired. Read story her[...]
Oh Oh .. New Threats from Trump’s Buddy in North Korea
North Korean state media is reporting that Kim Jong Un observed the successful testing of a “newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon.” The North Korean leader is said to have been “so excited to say that another great work was done by the defense scientists and munitions industrial workers[...]