Let Comedians Say Anything: Why Comedy Is Society’s Last Honest Mirror
At a time when public discourse is increasingly constrained by political polarization, fragile egos, and manufactured outrage, comedy remains one of the few spaces where truth can slip past our defenses. Yet comedians are increasingly pressured to self-censor, tiptoe around power, or soften the sharp edges that make humor transformative. Martina Moneke argues that comedy is democracy’s last honest mirror—an unruly, necessary force that challenges authority, punctures hypocrisy, and reminds us who we really are
Facebook bomb threat comment raises Free Speech questions
By P.J. D’Annunzio, From The Legal Intelligencer The First Amendment case of a high school student suspended for making a Facebook post about a bomb threat entered murky constitutional waters Tuesday when a federal judge said the law was conflicted as…
