Opinion
Yelling Fire! Five Months Later?
By Daniel Donoho | February 9, 2006Nick Taranto's op-ed ("Defusing the Culture Bomb," Feb. 8) ends with an interesting comparison. He equates the publication of the 12 cartoons of Muhammad to "yelling 'Fire!'" This is a direct reference to one of the most famous lines in American free speech jurisprudence, penned by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.