Archive for the 'Free Speech' Category

Air Force Releases ‘Counter-Blog’ Marching Orders

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

I have already been experiencing this over the past couple of years.
By Noah Shachtman on Wired Blog Network
Bloggers: If you suddenly find Air Force officers leaving barbed comments after one of your posts, don’t be surprised. They’re just following the service’s new “counter-blogging” flow chart. In a twelve-point plan, put together by the emerging technology [...]

A fine 2008 Chateau Conservatrix

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

How could I not hop (Here’s looking at you Australia) on the animal label trend?
Crossposted at The Bloggernacle Back Burner

A State of Mind Part Four

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

From the report found on KSL.com, you would have thought that thousands of people clashed in the streets of Salt Lake City Saturday as protestors from both sides of the “same sex and marriage issue” gave support for their cause.
Though there were about three thousand protestors against California’s proposition 8, I witnessed less than a hundred [...]

‘Salt Lake City has learned how to protest’

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Check out Andrew Sullivan’s blog for a rundown of today’s nationwide rallies in support of same-sex marriage and civil rights for all– including Salt Lake City. Sullivan writes:

When every gay person and every friend or family member of a gay person really, truly believes that the status quo is unacceptable, we will win. Today, [...]

Most important free speech decision of the term

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

The Supreme Court will hear a case regarding display of religious monuments, and the case is centered right here in Utah. But you might be surprised at what a group wants to display in a Pleasant Grove park.
The New York Times calls it possibly the most important free speech decision of the [...]

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