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freedom of the press

James Madison: “A tax on newspapers” would be “an insidious forerunner to something worse”

John Fea   |  April 3, 2023

About a year ago, Current published Steven Waldman‘s piece “The Return of Local News.” Waldman is the president and cofounder of Report for America, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project. He also serves as chair of the Rebuild Local News Coalition. […]

The Author’s Corner with Samantha Barbas

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 27, 2023

Samantha Barbas is Professor of Legal History and Director of the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University at Buffalo School of Law. This interview is based on her new book, Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom […]

Rod Dreher in Hungary: “blogging and backtracking”

John Fea   |  February 3, 2023

Here is Hungarian writer Balázs Gulyás on the mess the conservative blogger is making in Hungary: Last week, Rod Dreher, the American author now living in Hungary, caused a diplomatic scandal that has gone largely unnoticed in his home country. […]

Did Benjamin Franklin successfully thwart cancel culture?

John Fea   |  April 22, 2021

Here is “presidential historian” Jane Hampton Cook yesterday on Fox News: Cook’s appearance follows this article at Fox News. What qualifies one as a “presidential historian?” Unfortunately, Cook doesn’t really know what she is talking about here. Cook comes from […]