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Thursday, May 4, 2006 12:00 AM

Cheney, Cohen and Colbert: The rhetoric and the reality of free speech

As Cohen lays into Colbert, Cheney trumpets the value of free speech -- in Russia.
Tim Grieve

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  • Thursday, May 4, 2006 11:13 AM

    Sharansky's "simple test"

    "Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm?"

    U.S.A. no longer is able to pass this test. Remember protesters during the campaign being moved to the "free speech zone" which was three miles away from W's motorcade and fenced-in? That's not exactly the town square.

    —RDisdier Read RDisdier's other letters

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