“The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking.” — Tom Smothers, American comedian Hello Downriver, When is speech protected? This is a historical question in American civics, since the “right” to free speech is carved in granite in the First Amendment of our Constitution. Yet its application seems problematic at times. […]
After positioning himself for months as a peacemaker mediating Israel s warring political camps, President Isaac Herzog took off for Washington early Tuesday to try to bridge another chasm that seems to be growing wider with each passing week. When he