Tolerating Westboro Baptist is the price we pay for a greater good

Baltimore Sun by Ron Smith | Mar. 3, 2011 (Opinion)

There's no such thing as free speech, argued then-Duke University Professor Stanley Fish in a famous essay nearly 20 years ago. Professor Fish is widely praised or assailed for championing what we've come to know and love or loathe as "political correctness." Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Mary Hartney - Mar 3, 2011 - 10:30 AM PST
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 by Mary Hartney - Mar. 10, 2011

I share the columnist's views on free speech, including in this case.

This church’s obnoxious demonstrations at military funerals across the country, claiming that these deaths are God’s punishment of America for tolerating ... More »

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