‘Some sections of the Muslim community’ are pissed off at Sarah Maples.… Read the rest
‘She’s Godless!’ ‘I Am Not Godless!’
Nov 1st, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNotion that it’s actually permissible to be godless does not get a hearing.… Read the rest
Studs Terkel 1912-2008
Nov 1st, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHis searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre.… Read the rest
Palin has the bends
Nov 1st, 2008 11:57 am | By Ophelia BensonNo. No, no, no, no, no, no. That’s not it. The First Amendment does not say that nobody can criticize what you say. On the contrary, as a matter of fact – it says that anybody (and everybody) can criticize what you say. And that you can return the favour, and so on, until one of us has to go home for lunch.
It also does not say that people cannot argue that things you say are morally wrong and should not be said. That is not censorship or attempted censorship, it is a moral argument. It is not a violation of the First Amendment. It is alarming that you (of all people) don’t understand that.
… Read the restPalin told Washington