It's funny how things go -- when I was growing up, free speech was seen as more of a left-wing issue. The classic defense of free speech is http://www.econlib.

It's funny how things go -- when I was growing up, free speech was seen as more of a left-wing issue. The classic defense of free speech is http://www.econlib.org/library/Mill/mlLbty1.html http://www.econlib.org/library/Mill/mlLbty1.html and I recommend it. Steven Pinker has a book coming out next year that sounds like it'll tackle some of the same themes.