The Weekend Desk Report

By Natasha Julius

Before you enjoy all the fireworks, we've prepared the annual Beachwood Reporter Weekend Desk Liberty Tracker. It's time to see where we're free, how we're free and what we're gonna do about it.

• Love became a little more free the world over this week, as long as you don't talk about it or expect any legal protection.

• It's not entirely free yet, but Talk remains really, really cheap.
• Liberties were taken this week. Of course, that's nothing new. Liberties will always be taken.
• You're still free to vote. Provided, of course, you don't expect that your vote will be counted, or that the person you elect will bother to serve out their term.
• And finally, some people still proudly remain completely free of taste.