Opinion

Dear Readers: This column was originally published on May 9, 2017. It is one of my favorites and I share it again today in memory of my mom.

I don’t get out on county roads that much. I usually prefer to stick to pavement, and — despite the driveway where I live and parking lot where I work — gravel just doesn’t do it for me.

The freedom of speech is one of the bedrock principles upon which our country was founded. The purchase of Twitter by the world’s richest man last week has reignited the discussion surrounding free speech, and I’d like to share my thoughts on the importance of this freedom.