I mourn for the French in these days of fear and grief after the attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. I share their outrage at being attacked and killed for acts of self-expression, and I agree that two of the rights that are foundational to a democracy are freedom of speech and freedom of the press. I support those principles and am exercising that right even now, as I write this blog. Attacks on liberty of any kind are always something that deserve a full-throated response if society and the individuals within it are to grow and thrive.
