Potomac Fever

I propose that Congress pass a law that defines speech as an act that can only be performed by a human being. I this feasible? Anyone want to take a stab at writing it?

Can a corporation "speak" with one voice for all of its employees and all of its shareholders? The latest Supreme Court decision raises not just a few questions, assuming such an entity as corporation has "speech." What if a corporation "speaks" with donations of money in support of a cause or candidate that some of its employees or shareholders do not support? Is that an infringement of their free speech rights? Should they be compensated by that corporation for the infringement? Economist Robert Reich offers an interesting proposal to protect at least the shareholders.

It's been a batty Christmas getaway for the snowbirds, starting with the palm tree Christmas tree at the bat cliff on the beach of south Florida. That lovely weather was brutally replaced by 40s and 50s temperatures on the other side of the peninsula, where your humble correspondent was forced to wear his North Face as he watched surfers in full-body wet suits on the shark-tooth beach. The Crab Shack on Tampa Bay was a warm and cozy refuge from the weather. Later gator (hah! hah!)