Free-for-All Friday

News You Can Use

• "Parents hiring 'coaches' to help raise kids phone free" Drudge Report, 7/10

Teaching Our Youth

We're so focused on always making sure everyone is in a "safe space" that we're neglecting to teach our youth our history and what makes our country so amazing. We're neglecting to teach our youth the value of having relationships with other people, respecting our differences and understanding that we each have a right to our personal beliefs, even if we don't always see eye-to-eye. --Beth Baumann, Townhall 7/10

Stupid Controversy

There's a lot of profit to be made, both politically and financially, in generating and maintaining stupid controversy. Perhaps that speaks to our national need for catharsis. But here's the thing about unjustifiable anger: It's never satiated. So watch for our controversies to get stupider and stupider -- and more and more profitable for those who egg them on. --Ben Shapiro, Townhall 7/10

Free Speech

We should reject any restriction on free speech. We might ask ourselves, "What's the true test of one's commitment to free speech?" It does not come when people permit others to say or publish ideas with which they agree. The true test of one's commitment to free speech comes when others are permitted to say and publish ideas they deem offensive. --Walter Williams, Townhall 7/10

Freedom

Freedom is not about being born into a perfect world. Freedom is about being born into a world where you have the power to fix things. --Star Parker, Townhall, 7/10