Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.
This week is Free Speech Week. I received an email encouraging people like me to talk about “the importance of freedom of speech and a free press in our democracy.” I can’t do that. Don’t get me wrong, I embrace freedom of speech and a free press. I regularly speak of their importance. But they are important to our REPUBLIC. We don’t have a democracy.
In fact, I believe free...
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