The big chill: AP, the IRS and free speech
Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech.
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Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech.
Markets work. But sometimes they take time. That’s the uncomfortable lesson that proprietors of America’s colleges and universities are learning.
Last week, the George W. Bush Presidential Center was dedicated at Southern Methodist University in Texas. It's a good time to look back on the performance of the 43rd president, who has been almost entirely missing from the public stage these past four years.
‘More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones,” the 16th century nun St. Teresa of Avila is supposed to have said.
Michael Barone is a columnist for U.S. News & World Report and co-editor of the Almanac of American Politics. He has written for many publications—including the Economist and the New York Times.
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