When Freedom Speaks

More a litany than an exhaustive inquiry into the evolution of free speech as defined and refined by the Supreme Court of the United States. Such a subject would be just as worthy of a 2500-page tome authored by William T. Vollmann (and what a glory such a thing may be) than what is presented here, which is good but feels abbreviated. It's naturally a huge subject, and a history of the protection of speech extending not just to the American experiment but as it applies throughout world history would have been welcome. My guess is that the ancient Greeks may have a word or two to say. Still, the book is well done and smart. I just wish it were longer.