The 1981 TV drama “Skokie” did more than give Hollywood legend Danny Kaye one of his last meaty roles.The fact-based film showed the American Civil Liberties Union defending the worst free speech possible: Nazis marching in a Chicago hamlet teeming with Holocaust survivors.It’s easy to defend virtuous speech. Supporting odious speech, the kind that makes decent people wince, is more challenging.And all the more necessary.That ACLU is no more. The once fierce free-speech advocate stayed muzzled... Read this story
