New Assault on Blog/Grassroots Speech?

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 3:10 PM PST

2007/01/17 · 15:10

There's a story coming out of rightblogistan (see, for example, Richard Viguerie's take) that's raising some disturbing questions about S 1 - the senate lobbying reform bill. Apparently, Section 220 of this bill may require that any group that talks politics to an audience of over 500 people (and tells them to contact Congress) would have to register as a lobbying organization, and meet some very burdensome requirements. Vitter and Bennett (oi!) are launching an effort to scrub this section of the bill. But here's the thing: I'm not a good enough legal scholar to test the validity of the Republican argument. So, I figured this would be a good question to put before the community. Any legal scholars around here know if there's anything to these claims?

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Wednesday December 14, 2005 · 8:14 PM PST

2005/12/14 · 20:14

This is cross-posted from ToRule.Us, my primary blog, where I've received a few off-blog requests for information about Leo Strauss and his merry band of neo-conservatives. Having composed a fairly long essay on the subject in response, it occurred to me I should probably make it available through the blog, as well. So here it is. It's a dark tale full of evil, wrongdoing, and college professors. Doesn't get much better than that, que no?

To read the essay in full, take a short trip to Read Moreland.... Read More

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New Assault on Blog/Grassroots Speech?

The Wild, Wacky World of Leo Strauss