"There's more at stake here than local politics. Since the 'war on terror' began, too many Americans have become inured to enforced patriotism and ideological litmus tests. We hardly notice the way that speech itself has come to be regarded as something to be policed, or the way that dissent, the lifeblood of freedom, is constantly devalued."
From the editor's of The Nation in "An American Inquisition?"
