Free Speech
Posted on: September 19th, 2017 by Nathan Smith
The Supreme Court decision in 1989, Texas v. Johnson, proved to be quite controversial. After Gregory Lee Johnson burned the American flag outside Dallas City Hall, protesting the policies of President Reagan, he was fined and jailed. His appeal went all the way to the nation’s highest court. The central question rotated around the court’s…
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Posted on: September 15th, 2017 by LeadTheWay
With football season starting, the National Anthem is much more in the spotlight. However, some players have decided to pass on the tradition, by sitting, kneeling, raising their fists or various other actions to protest the Anthem and what it stands for. List of players who protested A recent city council decision has…
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Posted on: August 31st, 2017 by LeadTheWay
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization which gleeful smears Conservative organizations as “hate groups”, has produced some commentary about the Confederate statue problem. Get rid of three army bases. Now, these aren’t little outposts in Alaska, but the three largest military bases our country posses, Forts Hood, Bragg and Benning. Some simple…
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Posted on: August 24th, 2017 by Nathan Smith
Terrorism is usually associated with bombs, stabbings, shootings, vehicular attacks done by those acting under the influence of radical Islam. While this is a somewhat accurate generalization, there are many more forms of terrorism. By just a simple examination of the horrific attacks of the past twenty-five years, it is clear that acts of violence…
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Posted on: August 10th, 2017 by Nathan Smith
James Damore, a recently fired computer engineer working at Google, couldn’t keep his opinions to himself. Outrage was widespread after he was let go over a ten-page memo that he spread around criticizing the work environment at Google. The memo reportedly contained content that violated Google’s code of conduct because it perpetuated “harmful gender stereotypes”.…
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