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02.01.2009 9:00 pm

Sign of the times: One apology made, another needed

Eyesore or civil right?

Eyesore or civil right?

In 1919, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. famously wrote that freedom of speech would not extend to falsely shouting “fire” in a theater. Does that apply to painting a big, ugly sign at downtown’s southern door?

That’s one…

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12.18.2008 3:27 pm

The First Amendment extends into cyberspace

We editors rightfully defend the First Amendment and the free flow of information as bedrocks of an open democracy.

It is a core right for all people that distinguishes us from countries that censor such as China, North Korea and Cuba.

Editors wax passionately about our role as journalists who…

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