by Ty Davison | May 16, 2025 | News & Commentary
I am a believer in speaker-centered communication, which is based in traditional rhetorical theory rooted in Aristotelian ethos/logos/pathos, Enlightenment liberalism, and First Amendment jurisprudence. I am dismayed that this view has fallen from favor in recent...
by Ty Davison | May 1, 2025 | News & Commentary
A ban on book bans: Oregon bill would protect access to library materials • Oregon Capital Chronicle: The bill does not remove existing standards for determining if a book is appropriate, but it adds the additional requirement that a book cannot be excluded or removed...
by Ty Davison | Mar 16, 2025 | News & Commentary
Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest has chilling effect on free speech at US colleges | CNN: Last weekend’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian refugee whose green card was revoked over his involvement in demonstrations at Columbia University, is having a chilling effect on...
by Ty Davison | Mar 12, 2025 | News & Commentary
Republican Maine lawmaker sues over censure following viral post about transgender student athlete | CNN Politics: A Republican Maine state representative has filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s House speaker and other Democrats violated her First Amendment rights...
by Ty Davison | Sep 12, 2024 | News & Commentary
Portland Public Schools quietly adopts policy barring teachers from ‘political or personal’ classroom displays – oregonlive.com: A new policy governing what Portland Public Schools educators are — and are not — allowed to put on the walls...
