The First Amendment only applies to government. While that is true, the spirit of the First Amendment runs like a river through the American soul – in my humble opinion! And, this “applies only to government” part gets tricky when a government-owned university starts to decide who can speak – and not – based on the content of their speech! But, a new example of a private institution responding to the sensitivity of the speaker (and the content of the speech) gets us started – it’s Chelsea Manning and Harvard University. But, we then add other controversial figures and look at free speech today, when we go Beyond The Norm!