Category Archives: Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc.

On The Firing of Ward Churchill

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Ampersand

This week, the Chancellor of the University of Colorado officially announced his intention to fire Ward Churchill. That doesn’t mean that Churchill has been fired, yet – there’s still an appeals process to go through, plus Churchill has announced that … Continue reading →

Posted in Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Race, racism and related issues, Whatever | 27 Comments

Congress Votes To Bar Protests at Military Funerals

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Abyss2hope

CBS News Under the Senate bill, approved without objection by the House with no recorded vote, the “Respect for America’s Fallen Heroes Act” would bar protests within 300 feet of the entrance of a cemetery and within 150 feet of … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 8 Comments

A Case Where Christians Should Be Allowed To Practice Anti-Gay Discrimination

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Ampersand

From Overlawyered.com : In suburban Washington, D.C., Bono Film and Video has an announced policy of refusing to duplicate material that owner Tim Bono regards as contrary to his Christian values. Now the Arlington County (Va.) Human Rights Commission has … Continue reading →

Posted in Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues | 39 Comments

Seven Short Posts Regarding Larry Summers, Civility, and Censorship

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Ampersand

1. Larry Summers is a mirror of the lefty-basher’s soul. For Alan Dershowitz, author of a book criticizing Israel’s critics, Summers lost his job because of his criticism of Israel’s critics. For Cathy Young, who has made a career out … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Civility & norms of discourse, Feminism, sexism, etc, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Gender and the Economy | 57 Comments

A Bit More on The Second Sex

Posted on December 20, 2005 by Ampersand

As I argued in a post last week, U.S. copyright law has enabled Knopf, the original publisher of the English-language version of The Second Sex, to prevent any new translations from being published. This is a problem, because the English … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 23 Comments

Feminist Classic Censored by Copyright Laws

Posted on December 16, 2005 by Ampersand

Chances are, if you’re an American feminist, you’ve never read Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. Even if you’re a highly educated feminist who takes pride in having read at least a sample of all the important first- and second-wave … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 78 Comments

Shorter Bush Administration: "Science is bad for you."

Posted on June 22, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

The ACLU with more on the Bush Administration’s disdain for science, which is too threatening for them, and for the populace and school children to learn or know about. Science Under Siege By Bush Administration, ACLU Charges WASHINGTON — The … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 5 Comments

Storytime For Sinners!

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Ampersand

A Pennsylvania school district is being taken to court for allegedly violating the free-speech rights of a parent who came to her sons kindergarten class to participate in Storytime during “me week” which gives the parents a chance to come … Continue reading →

Posted in Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 18 Comments

Harvard Professors Lack Clue Regarding What McCarthyism Was

Posted on March 19, 2005 by Ampersand

From a Harvard Crimson article regarding the Harvard faculty’s vote of “no confidence” in Larry Summers: “Academic freedom is on trial, and…a victory for President Summers’ critics will be a very significant blow to academic freedom in American higher education,”? … Continue reading →

Posted in Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 19 Comments

Why do right-wingers think criticism is censorship?

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Ampersand

I really intended to post on “Alas” today, but I got distracted into posting comments on this Family Scholars Blog thread instead. What’s at issue there is the argument that we shouldn’t have marriage equality because that might lead to … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Same-Sex Marriage | 93 Comments