Fr. Fox has an excellent post on the continual assault on specific aspects of free speech on his blog (from the 17th). I have a hard time understanding how groups that have traditionally defended this right stand by on the sidelines and western civilization slide into a 1984-esque society. It could be attributed to the slow, massive transformation of the west into a socialist/marxist state. Control is power, eliminating opposing speech is control, eliminating opposing opinions is absolute control, and absolute control corrupts absolutely. We're in for an interesting ride, folks. As for me, I've found some motivation to start posting again, so I'll do what I can from here.