In each of these instances, backers of good causes have chosen the easy way. By making something illegal, they believe, we can make it go away. The world doesn't work that way. The flag amendment is a misguided effort to protect Old Glory, just as a ban on tobacco advertising misses the point of the fight against tobacco. It may not be popular to say so, but these well-intentioned initiatives, for the flag and against tobacco, are misguided and should be turned back.
Free speech needs friends.
As Thomas Jefferson said, the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Jacobs, for the Herald.