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WASHINGTON Free speech rights take precedence over government restrictions on political advertising, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that could set the stage for further challenges to federal limitations on money in politics.In a 5-4 ruling, the court eased legal barriers aimed at corporate- and union-financed television ads, opening a door for interest groups to become an influential voice in the closing days of an election.The decision upheld an appeals court ruling that a Wiscon...

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June 26, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday relaxed political advertising restrictions aimed at corporate- and union-funded television ads.

The court's 5-4 ruling could become a key factor in the upcoming presidential primaries, giving interest groups a louder and more influential voice in the closing days before those contests as well as the general election.

The decision upheld an appeals court ruling that a Wisconsin anti-abortion group should have been allowed to air ads during the final two months before the 2004 elections. The law unreasonably limits speech and violates the group's First Amendment rights, the court said.

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Or maybe nobody is telling the truth. Or nobody but me and I'm not telling, not to the federal government anyway, which suddenly needs to know how many sex partners we've had.

The stated reason for gathering such sensitive statistics in computer-assisted interviews, which are supposed to have made the 6,237 men and women ages 20 to 59 who participated feel all comfy-candid, is disease control. The National Center for Health Statistics, which is an arm of the Centers for Disease Control that I never heard of, needs this info so researchers can have something to laugh about at office parties.

Just kidding. This is serious stuff as it pertains to disease transmission, birth control, abortion, cohabitation, the best pickup bars and which cool cars work best on which target audience. All this while supplying more things for activist Christians and ardent women in flat shoes to argue about outside the Supreme Court.

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Muslims in America are now battling for religious freedom and personal safety on two fronts: prejudice from without and extremism from within.

How well they — and we — address both challenges will shape the contours of freedom and security for all Americans in the difficult years ahead.

On the first front, the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a report last week indicating a 25 percent increase in complaints of anti-Muslim bias from 2005 to 2006. The incidents range from attacks on mosques to discrimination in the workplace and schools.

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Impatient driver is waiting at intersection as pedestrian crosses in front of him. Pedestrian is slow. Driver leans from his window and yells, "Get out of the street you (bleep) liberal."

As I said, the story - I picked it up in a magazine somewhere - probably didn't happen. But it sure feels true, doesn't it?

We are, or so we have lately been told, no longer a nation of red, white and blue. Now we are simply red and blue - squishy, effete, egg-headed, godless and liberal along the coasts; principled, tough, instinctive, God-fearing and conservative in between. It is a mantra that has been repeated to such a degree that nobody bothers to question it anymore: Conservatism is triumphant; liberalism is spent.

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