Campaign Muzzle
- Washington Times
As of September 8, when the 60-day blackout begins for "electioneering communications" by nonprofit interest groups, political speech enjoys less protection than dirty movies. A sexually explicit film is protected by the First Amendment if it has some socially redeeming value. But an "electioneering communication" is forbidden even on important and timely public issues.
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Bloomberg Criticizes Those Who Oppose His Gun Schemes
- New York Sun
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says politicians who oppose his gun control measures have been "cowed or duped" by an "extremist gun lobby." During an appearance in front of the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, Bloomberg claimed, "They say that they are protecting the Second Amendment, but that's a red herring if ever there was one, and it's time for us to start exposing it."

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The Right Of Self-Defense
- Bangkok Post
Reports bubbling up through the bureaucracy of the U.N. Human Rights Council are addressing the supposed problem of so-called small arms--the term that bureaucrats use for rifles and handguns. An astounding report by the world body's Special Rapporteur on the subject has gone far overboard. It suggests that it ought to be global policy that neither nations nor their citizens have the right of self-defense.