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…list of personal rights which no government should ever be allowed to take away—the right to free speech, the right to guns, and the right to a home that can’t…
…list of personal rights which no government should ever be allowed to take away—the right to free speech, the right to guns, and the right to a home that can’t…
…are generally preoccupied philosophically with free speech, and have enjoined students to couple this concept with “truth” and “misinformation.” But why is speech their object? Why not the effects of…
…socialism, rather than due to their inability to grow crops. He suggests that the Pilgrims were lazy and thieving until they adopted a capitalist, free market approach to their colony—an…
…that mission—intellectual freedom, the search for truth, and virtuous citizenship—are likewise disputed territory these days. I trust the reader knows the deal. “Intellectual freedom” on the contemporary campus often seems…
…administrators take a stand for free speech. They should be consistent, though, rather than arriving at the opinion that expressive liberty on campuses is important only when students demonstrate to…
…chapters sues to maintain campus recognition, I could see a Florida court going either way on the claim of free speech versus the explicit and material support of terrorism, but…
…my more than 7,000 volunteer hours and over seven million dollars in donations—NU has not apologized, has not rescinded my cancellation, and (I presume) continues to trample the free speech…
…come as a surprise to MTC readers that the health of free speech in the academy remains precarious. Lukianoff repeated what he has said before: that the free speech climate…
…student outcomes.” Several compelling cases can be made to support the rising array of legal challenges against DEI. The Case for Free Speech According to Reedly College professor Bill Blanken,…
…disease infecting the heart of the United States. A willingness to violate freedom of speech in the world’s most powerful nation is more worrisome than weak property rights in Latin…
…“anti-racism” in the classroom. That lawsuit has been filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a national organization that defends free speech and academic freedom. Wellesley Public Schools,…
…Students develop their own beliefs after a wide range of exposure to positions and experts. They are always free to modify and accept another viewpoint. 5. Drives students to the…
…to free speech, but so do these students 👏🏻 The message is loud & clear: the next gen of scholars value DEI. And that gives me hope.” J. David Jentsch,…
…we were generally able to talk things through. And there were usually enough mammoth steaks to keep the rowdy youngsters in line. [Related: “On Gender, Chocolate Bars, and Free Speech”]…
…Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom—that was published in 2022 by Johns Hopkins University Press. It extends the argument for firing professors like me who…
…required to motivate such a campaign against such a person boggles the mind. Peterson’s uncompromising defense of free speech and contempt for all things radical left is, from where I…
…accused mass murderers enjoy more justice than someone accused by SCCCD Human Resources of wrongfully providing free chocolate. This overreaction chills freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, and freedom of…
…open discourse and inquiry. That is not possible under threat of violence. As Ms. Gaines concluded in her testimony, “Free speech suffers when university administrators do not condemn violence and…
…schools allow it to recruit on campus. Could the Solomon Amendment provide a model to promote other goals, such as free speech, by tying federal funding to certain targets? Second,…
…The ramifications of these actions are far-reaching, extending beyond the academic sphere. They threaten the principles of free speech and academic freedom, two cornerstones of pluralism safeguarded by the US…
…. . free speech, not so much: “reducing the events of the last month to a debate over ‘free speech,’” we are told, “is both insulting and ignorant of context.”…
…free speech as is often claimed). But this year, Northwestern got a new president, Michael Schill, whose rhetoric on free expression sounds great. He told Northwestern magazine that “Freedom of…
…free speech—but she also criticized the judge for harming “people of color.” After the chaotic event, in which about 100 Stanford students heckled Judge Duncan and effectively canceled his speech,…
…as UATX places a high premium on “unfettered pursuit of truth … freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse.” This is a government that will control the university…
…to Europeans. Regardless of one’s view on Bill S.3131, the protestors’ tactics showed their disdain for free speech, their propensity for violence, and their opposition to scientific inquiry. They also…
…first modern thinkers to address the free speech debate in terms of personal integrity. As Hanna puts it, Kant was a “dignitarian”: a human community is non-sectarian, sufficiently respectful of…
…will risk his cushy job to quell its fury. So, with terror in the air, why not rally around free speech? Unfortunately, what makes the free speech defense so alluring…
As free speech and expression have come under assault on college and university campuses, a number of clear trends have emerged. One of the most powerful findings is that elite…
…statements to proclaim the importance of free speech and expression; 4. Imposes post-tenure review requirements on faculty; 5. Essentially bans faculty strikes; 6. Requires faculty to post course syllabi for…
…And, of course, behind academic freedom is free speech, so we might even say, Sermo Liber Vita Ipsa (“Free speech is life itself”). Resources for Academic Freedom and Freedom of…