Free Speech

In an editorial I wrote for my school’s paper, and which was published on the website of the First Amendment Center as well as on this site, I wrote that “America has succeeded in the past — and will only continue to succeed in the future — not because our weapons were better or our spirit was stronger.  Read More »

I was recently in a blog entitled "Florida Legislator Seeks to Ban Use of the Term 'Illegal Alien.'" [Link.] Jackbenimble mentioned that this kind of political correctness reminds him of the use of Newspeak in George Orwell's "1984." Though I have always thought Political Correctness was stup  Read More »

In Ray Bradbury's famous novel, Fahrenheit 451, the citizens of a futuristic society are not allowed to speak their minds. In fact, they have a much worse problem: there is nothing on their minds to speak about. They don't even read books, because they are afraid of addressing new subjects and expanding their intellects. The most disturbing aspect of Bradbury's fictional totalitarian society is that the people, not the government, initially introduced the oppression of free thought. They live under a self-imposed creed of censorship. In a way, I see our own society starting to walk down this same road, thanks to the doctrine of political correctness.  Read More »

Recently, the Government and Law Society at my school held a screening of the documentary "Indoctrinate U," directed by the independent film maker Evan Coyne Maloney. Maloney seeks in this film to uncover and investigate political biases on college campuses.  Read More »

I am going to be a little nit picky. I have my own complaints. I am sick and tired of people in some subjects attacking each other. I am deeply offended by someone who nit picks at people's spelling mistakes. I think they need to leave well enough alone. Blogs are not a contest to have everything picture perfect. Some people may talk this way. Some people need to get a life.  Read More »

The more I hear these "mistakes" that Obama says, the more I like him!  Read More »

DISCLAIMER: Pursuant to this country's right to free speech, I can and WILL post this blog which contains my opinion. I welcome comments, both for and against, what I believe in. I would say that if you plan on using my blog to post comments promoting hatred and discrimination, I would advise against it.  Read More »

To somewhat continue and clarify my last blog, I have decided to add another on that topic.

Groups of people everyday vie for the publics attention. Each hopes to draw more people to their cause. How do they get the public's attention? Most often with shock value. Graphic or disturbing images or strange facts.

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