Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-260) and index.

1. Should offensive speech be censored? -- Racist hate speech should be banned / Alexander Tsesis -- Protests a funerals should be banned / The Columbus Dispatch -- Banning the desecration of the American flag would not be censorship / Steven Lubet -- Racially and sexually offensive speech should not be banned in the workplace / David E. Bernstein -- Speech that criticizes religion should not be banned / A.C. Grayling -- Protests at funerals should not be banned / Michelle Cottle -- 2. Should high schools and universities censor? -- High schools are permitted to ban speech that attacks other students / Stephen Reinhardt -- Schools should ban sexually-harassing speech / Bernice Resnick Sandler, Harriett M. Stonehill -- School libraries should restrict students' access to controversial books / Mike Masterson -- High schools should not ban speech that offends other students / Eugene Volokh -- Universities should not institute speech codes / Greg Lukianoff -- Universities should encourage open debate / Judith Rodin -- School libraries should not restrict access to any books / Chris Crutcher -- High schools and universities should not censor student newspapers / Mike Hiestand -- 3. Should pornographic and violent material be censored? -- Censoring pornographic and violent material : an overview / Henry Cohen -- Indecent broadcasts should be censored / L. Brent Bozell III -- Internet pornography should be restricted / Phyllis Schlafly -- Virtual child pornography should be banned / Ernest E. Allen -- The government should help parents shield children from obscene and violent material / Kevin W. Saunders -- Indecent broadcasts should not be censored / Marjorie Heins -- Libraries should not use Internet filters to block pornography / Daniel H. Bromberg -- Virtual child pornography should not be banned / Ambika J. Biggs -- Parents should be responsible for monitoring their children's television viewing / Adam Thierer -- 4. Should speech that endangers national security be censored? -- The press should not publish leaked classified material / Pat Buchanan -- Supports of anti-American terrorism should be barred from entering the United States / Steve Emerson -- Scientific information that could help terrorists should be restricted / Mitchel B. Wallerstein -- Punishing reporters of leaked classified information threatens the practice of journalism / Paul K. McMasters -- Journalists have a duty to fight government secrecy / Peter Weitzel -- Organizations to contact.