Vancouver tightens screws on homeless paper

The Olympics are really exposing some of the darker impulses in Vancouver.  Now there's an effort to keep a local paper off the streets.  Megaphone, has been distributed in Vancouver for 16 years."City of...

Supreme Court Rule: Sniffer Dogs Unconstitutional

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Supreme Court ruling that  Police using Sniffer Dogs to sniff out weapons, drugs,  and bombs for that matter as unconstitutional and against an individuals...

FEMA Wins a Muzzle Award

Bob O'Neil a director at the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression described the bogus FEMA event as  "fake speech substituting for free speech"."RICHMOND, Va. - The Federal...

Center for Free Expression Releases Annual 'Muzzle' Awards

Good news for people who love bad newsAttacks on free speech continue on everything from global warming research to evil teddy bear movies ...Like so many paths you don’t want to travel, the road to censorship is paved with good intentions. The desire to protect turns into...

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