One of our gubernatorial candidates, Ron Sparks, is making racket about starting an “education lottery” in Alabama. We’ve had debates and votes on a state lottery before. There are cases for each side. The stereotypical narrative is that fire-and-brimstone preachers get little old ladies fired up about voting no. Then, busloads of them descend upon … Read more
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
It’s not hard to find, you know. Want to see it? Look here. This is a response to a recent episode of South Park depicting Muhammad in a bear costume. (Updated 6/14/2010: I really hate that the video is no longer available. It was an excellent example of well-financed radical Islamic hatred.) Remember, though, Bill … Read more