Truth

For John, BLUF:  We are part of the struggle for truth, five days a week.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Areopagitica

An InstaPundit Blog post by Law Professor Gail Heriot, 23 November 2018.

Here is the lede plus one:

AREOPAGITICA:  On this day in 1644, Areopagitica, John Milton’s famed defense of free expression, was published. He wrote:

And though all the winds of doctrin[e] were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength.  Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the wors[e], in a free and open encounter.

Yes, truth has a struggle, but the solution is not Government licensing of speech.  Down that path lies tyranny..

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff