Carafano on Free Speech

Free speech in defense of liberty is no vice

History often books a room at Washington, D.C.’s Mayflower Hotel. It was there that Franklin Roosevelt penned “nothing to fear but fear itself” for his first inaugural address. Harry Truman lived there for most of his first 100 days as president.

Last summer, after ending her run for the White House, Hillary Clinton booked the Mayflower to introduce some 300 of her top donors to Barack Obama.

Last week, the venerable hotel may have hosted some history again.

More than a dozen top talk radio hosts and producers gathered there to discuss what to do about various plans emanating from Washington. Plans to throttle talk radio.

The talkers are worried. And they should be. What’s at stake is not just their livelihoods, but the weapon most vital to our national security: Free speech.

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