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Councillors push back over fire operations, even though minister says no
10+ hour, 43+ min ago (513+ words) Federation councillors unanimously agreed to keep pushing for firefighters in its southern area to be managed from Corowa rather than Albury, despite the NSW Emergency Services Minister not supporting a change. A June 9 letter from the minister, Jihad Dib, to…...
Opinion - The Jawbone Act aims to curb government power plays, but can it work? - AOL
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (698+ words) Opinion - The Jawbone Act aims to curb government power plays, but can it work? AOL.com Government officials and other powerful people often use arm-twisting to apply pressure to promote their preferred objectives. The practice, known as “jawboning,” is as…...
Time and Speech Are on Freedom’s Side
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (706+ words) townhall.com Time and Speech Are on Freedom’s Side The conventional wisdom in Washington is that time is running out to stop Iran or reach a deal with the regime. There is, however, another way to view the events unfolding…...
Pat Oliphant left a free speech legacy
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (370+ words) Pat Oliphant, bottom, with, from left: David Holzworth, the author's husband; Roslyn Mazer; and Susan Conway Oliphant in August 2021. Editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant drew this cartoon after following the Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, the 1988 Supreme Court case. Oliphant died July 13 at…...
'Eating chicken biryani on Ganga isn't a crime': SC Justice Bhuyan slams criminalisation of dissent
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (366+ words) Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Saturday expressed concern over what he described as the shrinking space for democratic dissent in India, warning that peaceful protests, public debate and the exercise of constitutional freedoms are increasingly being treated as criminal acts. Delivering…...
The First Censor Is Often You
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (624+ words) The most important changes in public language rarely begin with bans. They begin when people start editing themselves in advance. A while ago, I caught myself changing a …...
4th Justice G P Singh Memorial Lecture: Consuming chicken biryani no offence… dissent essence of democracy, says Justice Bhuyan
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (20+ words) He added that students are often suspended as well, forcing them to approach courts before they can resume their education....
Does It Matter How Society Became Unequal?
6+ hour, 2+ min ago (35+ words) The stories we tell matter Every year, in one of my classes, we discuss whether anyone should be allowed to be a billionaire. There’s nothing magic about …...
Germany's dystopian free speech crisis fightback begins as British union to help cancel culture victims
11+ hour, 1+ min ago (474+ words) Germany's free speech crisis fightback begins as UK group to help victims Founder and Director of the Free Speech Union Lord Young slams the Online Safety Act The Free Speech Union is preparing to launch a German branch by mid-2027 in…...
BLM Is Back in Force: Activists Harass Sidewalk Diners in Madison, WI, Surround Cars
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (334+ words) This editor wishes he'd invested in bullhorns in 2019, because today every self-declared activist has one. Here's a protester harassing people dining on the sidewalk in Madison, along with footage of (mostly white) protesters blocking the road and a woman who…...