The Constitution guarantees Americans certain inalienable rights, but nowhere does it guarantee the right to “not be offended.” Apparently some at Harvard Law need to brush up on their constitutional studies. The Boston Globe reports a Harvard Law Students Association, in addition to some faculty, have been pressing for a speech code that would ban […]
Author Archives: Ian Eisner
NOW’s TV guide guideless
Forces at the National Organization of Women have been telling women how they should act for the last 30 years. Now, with the release of its Feminist Primetime Television Report, it is also telling them what to watch. “Network programming sends a distorted, often offensive, image of women “¦ brought to you through the point […]
Malvo’s case wrongly used to advocate death penalty
Alleged Washington area snipers John Lee Malvo and John Muhammad may have unwittingly claimed yet another victim: the movement against juvenile execution. The archaic practice of putting juveniles to death was falling out of fashion prior to the shooting spree but has unfortunately been revitalized following the apprehension of 17-year-old Malvo. Death-penalty advocates, seizing the […]
Voters wisely defeat foolish Prop. 52
California voters move in mysterious ways. On Tuesday night, they inexplicably voted for a governor that has been plagued by corruption, and then turned around and rejected a proposition that would have plagued our voting system with corruption. Of course the dichotomy makes little sense. But if Californians weren’t going to dump Gray Davis, they […]
Davis is a failure, tainted by money
With election day fast approaching, gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon is just days away from achieving the impossible: getting Gov. Gray Davis re-elected. This is bad news for Californians because while Bill Simon may not be a perfect fit for the state’s highest office, Gray Davis has already proven his inability to govern. In the last […]
Rock the Vote should admit political slant
Students walking past Westwood Plaza Monday afternoon came face to face with a political maelstrom. In front of a cheering crowd, left-leaning speakers lashed out against conservative positions on a host of issues, ranging from the Racial Privacy Initiative to the potential war in Iraq. But this was no Democratic rally. Rather, it was part […]
Hate crime attention unfair
In Wichita, Kansas one of the most gruesome mass murder trials of the last decade is wrapping up. It entails the kind of “hate crime” that garners national attention. But there is a reason you haven’t heard about it ““ the alleged perpetrators are black while the victims were white. The dirty secret behind this […]