UPDATE 4/25/24: An independent free press, one of the Founders’ underpinnings for a free society, is currently neither free nor independent when those in the …
Free speech vs. the anti-Trump Fascists
To the surprise and relief of 60 million Americans, the election of Donald Trump reassured us that power can still be peacefully transferred in this …
Are we to be The Gormless Guilty or free Americans?
A couple of scenarios, hypothetical of course. A danger to the public from abroad is discovered (a contagious virus from the Far East for instance) …
Fury and Fire: Defeating the Left’s War On Boys & Men…and everyone’s freedom.
UPDATE 2/15/24: In this troubled time when we are lectured that boys and men are vessels of “toxic masculinity” and privy to all …
Post mortem:
Hillary’s Positively Absolutely Patriotic American concession speech disrobed:
Every word including “and” & “the” a lie.
UPDATE 10/17/20: A fond, optimistic look back at the surefire prospect of a Hillary Presidency…that went somewhat awry. The “gracious lady” wearing funereal mourning purple …
Bibi Netanyahu: Leader Of The Free World
“Be strong and resolute! Neither fear nor dread them!”
UPDATE 1/28/18: The formerly solo Leader of the Free World has a partner again in America. UPDATE 12/30/17: Spielbergitis: tears and sympathy for the passively …
Five Big Lies in Obama’s Economic Fairness Speech
Election ’12: One thing is certainly true about President Obama — no matter how many times people point out the falsehoods in his speeches, he just keeps making them. Case in point: his latest “economic fairness” address.
In that speech Tuesday, Obama once again tried to build a case for his liberal, big-spending, tax-hiking, regulatory agenda. But as with so many of his past appeals, Obama’s argument rests on a pile of untruths. Among the most glaring:
• Tax cuts and deregulation have “never worked” to grow the economy. There’s so much evidence to disprove this claim, it’s hard to know where to start. But let’s begin with the fact that countries with greater economic freedom — lower taxes, less government, sound money, free trade — consistently produce greater overall prosperity
1st Amendment Protects ‘Hurtful’ Speech, Court Says
The First Amendment protects free speech even if it is as hurtful as signs at a Marine funeral proclaiming “Thank God for Dead Soldiers,” the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that was one of the court’s most significant on freedom of expression in recent years.
The Westboro Baptist Church celebrated the death of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder in Iraq with signs such as “God Hates You,” along with antigay messages at his funeral in Maryland in 2006. The late Marine’s father sought damages for emotional distress, but the court ruled that he had no case.
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DITTOVILLE.COM AMERICAN SPIRIT-Not just surviving but prevailing! UPDATE 4/5/24: We are faced with frightening poll numbers strongly suggesting that a sizeable percentage of the American …