Before I go out and get “defeated” in a snowball fight with my kids (their word, not mine) I thought I would make my last guest post.  I give you the Blizzard Edition of the News of Afghanistan. “Lets hear from our traffic reporter in Parwan, Major John.” “Uh, traffic sucks…” “What?” “Really, it has actually been sucked into the mucky strip of ground that has been alleged to be

I just received the following press release from FIRE’s Director of Legal and Public Advocacy, Samantha Harris, which details how institutions of higher learning use threats of reprisal to chill student speech.  In this case, the University in question is one of my alma maters, Johns Hopkins—heightening my outrage: […] Johns Hopkins University has suspended a student for an entire year for posting Halloween party invitations that some students found