A few years ago: A doctor who escaped from the Soviet Union talks politics to a US colleague at the he hospital lunch table. Suddenly he stops in midsentence, looks around worried, asks, “It’s okay?” His colleague says, “What’s okay?” He replies, “To talk politics.” Then it was okay. The First Amendment guaranteed the freedom of speech the Almighty gave us. But it no longer is okay. Who knows? Someone might report our conservative opinions to HR. We might lose our job or our friends. Sad.