By Dylan Boyle
Poets from the ISU and Ames community will compete for bragging rights in the second annual First Amendment Blog Poetry Slam on Tuesday, April 5 at The Space for Ames.
The poetry slam is part of First Amendment Day, a celebration of freedom of expression at Iowa State University. (more…)
Lucy Salmon, on press intolerance of itself, or freedom of the press for the majority (1923)
“When the liberal and radical elements of the press have been in disfavor with authority in any form, it has bee the press collectively that has been most intolerant of those members of the fraternity with whose views it has not sympathized. (more…)
Berry
By David W. Bulla
Steve Berry sees a bright future for pro bono investigative journalism.
The Pulitzer Prize winner says that news media companies are working cooperatively to tackle challenging stories that financially strapped newspapers are having more and more trouble doing. (more…)
Henry Robinson, from Liberty of Conscience (1644)
“But farre more rarely shall you finde a man to give preheminence in point of his Religion, each thinking his owne to be the truest; this combat therefore must be fought out upon eaven ground, on equal termes, neither side must expect to have greater liberty of speech, writing, Printing, or whatsover else, than the other.”
Rush Limbaugh, on the first two amendments to the U.S. Constitution
“You know why there’s a Second Amendment? (more…)
By David W. Bulla
The Constitution. Check.
State law in Colorado. Check.
District policy. Check. (more…)
William Lloyd Garrison, on liberty (1833)
“The right to enjoy liberty is inalienable. (more…)
Robert Frost, on tolerance
“A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.”
Jim McCrossen, board president of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association, on that state’s decision to continue funding for high school journalism (2011)
“There were some concerns from the representative of the state that basically journalism was kind of a dinosaur. (more…)
John F. Kennedy, on conformity
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
