Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris has declared May 20 Everybody Draw Mohammed Day—a response to Comedy Central’s recent unfortunate decision to cave to threats in the name of Islam and heavily censor an episode of South Park. Quoting Andrew Mellon at BigJournalism.com: The bottom line is that the First Amendment guarantees free speech including criticism of … Read more
So says Arizona governor Jan Brewer about the illegal immigration bill she just signed into law. My favorite part of the early fallout is that Mexico is warning that the new law “could affect cross-border relations.” Now just what the hell does that mean? Exactly what carrots are our neighbors to the south currently giving … Read more
I blogged about tolerance once. I don’t much care for the word when it’s used to describe the desired end state of how one person feels about another. I prefer acceptance for that. You know, though, I’ve been considering that I’m less polemically tolerant than I once was. I’ve been a big “respect all views” … Read more