PANIC LAWSTikTok Is Bad. Banning It Would Be Much Worse.A U.S. government ban on the social media app is authoritarian and unconstitutional.Brad Polumbo
FREE SPEECH TOURISTElon Musk’s Feelings Led Him to Censor Legal Speech on XHowever you feel about certain pro-Palestinian slogans that Musk banned, they are legal speech and not direct incitements to violence.Brad Polumbo
UNPOPULAR SPEECH IS STILL FREE SPEECHDeSantis’ Call to Deport Foreign Students Is Un-AmericanThe Florida governor says he’d cancel visas for students who “celebrate terrorism.” That’s wrong for so many reasons, and probably unconstitutional.Brad Polumbo
SERIOUSLY, WTFPlease Stop the Weird Obsession With Tim Scott’s Love Life It’s no one’s business whether or not the South Carolina senator and GOP presidential candidate has a romantic partner—especially given the party’s leader is Donald Trump.Brad Polumbo
FOR ME, NOT THEEElon Musk, Worst Free Speech Hero EverWhen he bought Twitter he promised a First Amendment-level of freedom. He just labeled the word “cis” a slur that could lead to a banning—because it offends some conservatives.Brad Polumbo
WANNABE AUTHORITARIANRFK Jr.’s Long Legacy of Supporting CensorshipHe’s no free speech champion, even if his anti-vaccine activism has made him a hero to the MAGA right.Brad Polumbo
PIE IN THE SKYBiden’s Budget Is Economically Reckless and CluelessThe president’s “soak the rich” proposal would explode the national debt, do nothing to “save” Social Security, and would ultimately hurt the working class.Brad Polumbo
Eeen-teresting‘Liberty’ University? On Free Speech, It’s Anything But.Now here are some surefire ways to avoid hate-speech incidents: Silence campus liberals, and don’t invite intellectuals from the other side in the first place!Brad Polumbo
