There is a certain irony of the timing of two events from the past week in which full front assaults were launched on the freedom of speech. News of both came in a week in which we celebrated the 240th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps on Nov. 10 and honored all veterans Nov. 11, many of whom died to preserve that constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech. That these incidents occurred on college campuses is not surprising; college campuses have in recent years become places where students to a great degree are coddled and protected from any speech or actions with which they might disagree or which might offend them or their parents.