Few people have made government more visible to more Americans than Brian Lamb, the CEO of C-SPAN. Because of Lamb’s efforts, millions of Americans have seen live proceedings of the U.S. House and Senate, public hearings, political debates, and lectures on public policy, history, and literature. Reason.tv has a short interview — about six minutes…
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Speech
Institute for Justice’s New Free Speech Blog: “Congress Shall Make No Law”
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Institute for Justice has a new blog, dedicated to free speech issues, and entitled, following the language of the First Amendment, “Congress Shall Make No Law.” The blog has posts on free speech topics, and references to court cases addressing freedom of speech. I’ve added the site to my blogroll, on the left side…
City, Freedom of Speech
Whitewater’s Overreaction to Citizen Complaints: Trees, Tree Commission, and Urban Forestry Commission
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater’s city manager, Kevin Brunner, seems oddly inadequate to the task of managing a city of fourteen thousand people. His response to complaints about Whitewater’s urban forestry program, a successor program to our former tree commission, shows that he has trouble responding maturely to simple, lawful criticism. The mere act of citizens’ sending a letter…
Freedom of Speech
Is Anti-Blogging Rhetoric Proof of Blogs’ Success?
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s a story at Politics Daily, entitled, “Anti-Blogger Rhetoric: A Sign of What the Blogosphere Is Doing Right,” that sees opposition to blogging as a sign of blogging’s success. Matt Lewis writes that If success breeds contempt, then bloggers are finally making it big. Consider this study in contrasts: During his first White House news…
Freedom of Speech, Law, Liberty
Town of Whitewater Resident Challenges Wisconsin Campaign Finance Laws, Wins Federal Injunction
by JOHN ADAMS •
If a citizen and resident wants to mail postcards about an upcoming referendum in his town, must he register (as Wisconsin law requires) before doing so? If he doesn’t register, will he be prosecuted, as others have been in the past? Here’s a press release about the federal lawsuit against several defendants from the James…