New at Reason.com: Who's Afraid of Anonymous Speech? What You Can't Say on Campus, The Failure to Protect Whistle-Blowing Cops, and More

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Reason.tv: What You Can't Say on Campus - Greg Lukianoff on Free Expression in Higher Education If you think that, like the Macarena, campus speech codes were mocked into obscurity during the 1990s, think again. Approximately 71 percent of American campuses still impose highly restrictive "red light speech codes" on college students, notes Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Recently Reason.tv's Ted Balaker sat down with Lukianoff to discuss the sorry state of free expression in higher education, why you can't call Harvard men sissies, and how a student got expelled for criticizing a university president on Facebook. Click here to watch. America's Most Successful Stop Snitchin' Campaign: The failure to protect whistle-blowing cops is inexcusable. Reason Senior Editor Radley Balko looks at recent incidents in New York, Albuquerque, and Kansas City which demonstrate a recurring pattern: When whistle blower police officers report their fellow cops for misconduct or excessive use of force, the whistle blowers themselves tend to receive more severe punishment than the cops they report. For all the fuss about "Stop Snitchin'" campaigns, in which witnesses to criminal activity are threatened and intimidated for testifying, the Blue Wall of Silence may be the most effective such campaign around. http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/18/americas-most-successful-stop Reason.tv: Who is Publius? or, Who's Afraid of Anonymous Political Speech? To hear the Obama administration tell it, there are few things worse than anonymous political activity. But is anonymous political speech really that new - or that bad? The truth is that anonymous political speech isn't just a great American tradition. It helped create the United States of America. The Federalist Papers, the series of essays that influenced the adoption of the Constitution, were published under the pseudonym "Publius" (in reality James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay). The anti-Constitution position was in turn articulated by "the Federal Farmer," whose identity remains a mystery. Click here to watch. Two Wars and We Don't Feel a Draft: The benefits of a volunteer military In war as in life, what doesn't happen is often as significant as what does. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with their setbacks, victories, and casualties, have many things in common with past American wars. But as Steve Chapman notes, there is one big thing missing this time: the draft. http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/18/two-wars-and-we-dont-feel-a-dr Hit & Run, Reason's Staff Blog Hey Obama, the Jerk Store Called...They're Running Out of Jokes About Slurpees! Forget the craptacular poll numbers, the horrifying (thought meant to be sympathetic) profile in the New York Times mag, the looming party loss in November. President Barack Obama has crossed the line dividing statesman and sad sack by constantly pushing a line that makes George Costanza's infamous "jerk store" comeback seem like the fabled "killer joke" of Monty Python. As USA Today reports, the prez has hauled out his har-har-funny line about Slurpees at least "20 times in recent weeks"... Read the rest here. Posted by Nick Gillespie http://reason.com/blog/2010/10/18/hey-obama-the-jerk-store-calle Try Reason's award-winning print edition today! Your first issue is FREE if you are not completely satisfied. http://www.reason.com/subscribe

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