Free speech is in the news.
In Texas, Oprah Winfrey was acquitted of the charge of defaming beef. She attributed her win to the First Amendment, and she may be right. On the other hand, the jury may just have agreed that laws protecting the good name of food products are too asinine to take seriously. In Washington, everyone is spewing forth respect and veneration for the First Amendment upon receiving subpoenas from Ken Starr. Mr. Starr has done more for the First Amendment than anyone else in recent memory.