This is a speech I presented in a mock congress. The "resolution" I presented was a law that would discourage public institutions like schools from having people recite the pledge of allegiance.

The First Amendment is there to protect those whose views the government would not approve of. Imagine Alexander Solzhenitsyn requesting approval from the Communists to write Gulag Archipelago. It wouldn’t have happened.

It is a sad indictment on the world today, that we trust Wikileaks more than we trust our governments.

A common characteristic in most countries, the right to free speech is used by the citizens, but with no clear restrictions, that right becomes abused.

A brief story on the 1964 Free Speech Movement.

Censorship vs. hate speech….neither side of this debate is right.

Reflections on Court decisions and trends; wondering how Kagan will explain her personal life and philosophy, Whether Sotomayor should be impeached.

Words, opinions and the right to express them without censure are the hallmark of a free society. How can freedom to use words have boundaries?

Short write-up on why Internet censorship is bad.

Everyone has the right to their opinion; thanks to our forefathers, we even have the right to voice those thoughts without censorship. However, I think that with that freedom comes great responsibility. Words have consequences, and we have a responsibility to separate fact from fiction and opinion from reality.