Commentary

Censorship is rising in this country. Newspapers, the watchdog of the government, are closing at an alarming rate, and government agencies gag their employees, demanding all communications flow through PR departments.

Studies have shown that closing local newspapers leads to higher levels of partisanship, decreased voting and increased government corruption.

Without local news, all we hear is what the government wants us to hear.

The situation reflects a fear expressed by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Douglas. Douglas believed that freedom of expression would be stifled by increase...