The ACLU gets it wrong

02015-03-10T18:17:11+00:00

The ACLU has decided to take the side of the Washington Redskins: Last June, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cancelled the football team’s federally registered trademark, which it deemed disparaging to Native Americans. We don’t disagree with that judgment, but the government should not be able to decide what types of speech are forbidden – even when the speech in question reflects viewpoints we all agree are repellent. Here’s the first error: canceling the Redskins’ trademark does not forbid any speech whatsoever.

Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me?

02006-04-13T18:41:00+00:00

I’ve decided that it’s really time I learned US history and passed the Citizenship Test. Most intelligent Americans seem to view the test as some kind of joke, but my attitude is the same as my approach to the driving test: I don’t just want to be good enough to pass, I actually think I have a duty to go beyond that and really learn properly. The same can’t really be said of the average American.