The author sympathizes with the McNamara brothers, who bombed the Los Angeles Times building in California in October 1910, because they were insane but criticizes the Chicago newspapers for responding with bigotry against the Irish community.

Bliss discusses anarchism and socialism in American politics and reacts to Addams' article on the Averbuch Incident.

Starr offers support in the face of press criticisms that Hull-House is too liberal in its support for freedom of thought and speech.