Tag: Dr. Larry Burriss

01/18/2021  Here’s a question for you:  If you take a grain of sand, and you add one grain, and another and another, at what...

Here’s a quotation from German theologian Martin Niemoller: “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist....

Introspection 12/21/2020      I’m always amazed at the lengths people, and governments, will go to in order to avoid introspection, the ability to look at...

TRUTH Editor’s Note: Throughout our lives teachers have made a great impact on us all. Back in 2015 I was completing my college degree late...

Doc Savage 11/23/2020 Every time a new Marvel Universe movie comes out, the Cybervillage lights up with debates about who is the best superhero. Well, I’m...

Meaning 11/16/2020 When I was a senior in high school we studied a poem about life in the city.    The teacher adamantly stressed that the...

INDIVIDUAL VOICES11/09/2020     Editor's Note: Our guests on Smyrna Issues were Professor Dr. Larry Burriss who teachers media law and Free Expression (First Amendment)...

Statistics 08/17/2020 I woke up in a cold sweat last night and realized we were in the midst of a perfect storm: the corona virus, political...

American Values 07/13/2020 One of the issues that keeps coming up lately is the question of what kinds of speech or expression most represent what are...

Absolute 04/20/2020 Here’s a question for you: does the First Amendment mean what it says? Or perhaps a better question is, Does the First Amendment mean...