Category Archives: freedom of speech

A Curious Case of Political Correctness, or Why Harry Reid Is Lucky to Be a Democrat

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said the following from as reported in today’s Washington Post: Reid’s remarks about Obama were revealed in “Game Change,” a book detailing the 2008 race by Time’s Mark Halperin and New York magazine’s John Heilemann. The authors describe Reid assessing Obama’s strengths as a candidate. Reid, they write, “believed …

January 10, 2010 – 4:15 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in Race Relations, freedom of speech, political correctness, race industry | Comments (0)

Some Sanity in Canada: Mark Steyn Found Innocent

Congratulations to Mark Steyn and to some semblance of reason in Canada.  Yesterday, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found him innocent of the “charge” of being “flagrantly Islamophobic.”  Whatever that means.  No one knows. It is terrifying that a such charge could even be brought against Steyn.  Canadians:  It is past time to end …

October 11, 2008 – 7:39 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in Mark Steyn, freedom of speech, lawfare | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)