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May 12, 2015

One Need Not Admire Pamela Geller to Support Her Freedom of Speech

A free society can't let speech limits be set by murderers.

Last week, Pamela Geller organized a “Draw Mohammed” contest that was unsuccessfully attacked by two terrorists. (Islamic State claimed responsibility.) A subsequent Washington Post headline declared: “Event organizer offers no apology after thwarted attack in Texas”—as if the intended victim of a terrorist attack should be required to apologize. Rich Lowry comments:

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May 12, 2015

  1. Hamas and Islamic State Face off in Gaza

    National extremism against anti-national extremism.

  2. One Need Not Admire Pamela Geller to Support Her Freedom of Speech

    A free society can't let speech limits be set by murderers.

  3. Religious Interpretation Ought Not Be the Government’s Job

    50 American Orthodox rabbis on the RFRA.

  4. A Hebrew Novel of Jewish Alexandria, Now in English

    A nostalgic, farewell portrait of a world that was fast expiring.

  5. Why Read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot?

    The connection between the two isn't obvious.