How To Rescue The Marketplace Of Ideas From The Culture Wars Before It’s Too Late
The solution to bad speech is not more speech when nobody agrees on the ground rules. We cannot have a marketplace of ideas without rules of engagement.
Ignorant About The First Amendment? Miss Liberty Answers Your Questions Right Here
Miss Liberty helps readers solve everyday dilemmas using the principles of liberty enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, with a little dose of common sense.
Bernie Sanders: Muslims Should Have Religious Freedom, But Christians Shouldn’t
Sen. Bernie Sanders demands an unconstitutional religious litmus test on Christians in public service positions, yet the exact opposite for those of Islamic faith.
This Is How College Bureaucrats Pettily Tyrannize A Professor Who Crosses Them
Even at a small New England college of modest reputation, one voice of dissent is one too many, and the entire apparatus of the college administration moves to silence him.
Harvard Rescinded Acceptances Over Private Facebook Posts, And That Doesn’t Violate The First Amendment
The First Amendment protects one’s right to say or do something. It doesn’t protect someone from any consequences that may take place in the private sphere.
Left Forum Cancels Lesbian Panel Questioning Trans Advocacy Funding
A high-profile event for progressives caved to rabid complaints of trans activists by silencing a panel of three concerned members of the LGBT community.
5 Most Telling Campus Outbreaks Of The 2016-17 Academic Year
Higher education is not about to send its clowns to the unemployment lines or retire its lions to wildlife sanctuaries, but its own circus is showing some fragility.
Why You Need Free Speech To Find The Best Sandwich Or Hotel
Most of the time when people defend free speech, they talk about its role in the marketplace of ideas, rarely mentioning that we also need it in the commercial marketplace.
Islamists Just Threw A Christian Politician In Jail For ‘Blasphemy’ Against The Quran
What’s most disturbing is that the judges’ decision is a capitulation not only to Islamic law but to the demands of the mob.
Kentucky Court Rules Company Doesn’t Have To Print Words Contradicting Christian Owner’s Convictions
The attorney who argued this case says the decision ‘reassures us all that, no matter what you believe, the law can’t force you to express a message in conflict with your deepest convictions.’
Black Graduates Do Themselves And Americans No Favors By Booing Betsy DeVos
It does not matter what your opinion is of Betsy DeVos, booing her during a speech is disrespectful and intellectually lazy.
Tizzy Over Whitney’s Lynching Portrait Reveals Left’s Descent Into Feelings-Driven Politics
A recent controversy over cultural insensitivity at the Whitney Museum in New York betrays the Left’s basic incapacity to process conflict and confusion over the rule of law.
Middlebury Announces More Disciplinary Actions Over Charles Murray Student Riot
Middlebury College in Vermont has again announced that it has disciplined students over their behavior during an event featuring conservative author Charles Murray on March 2.
The FCC’s Investigation Of Stephen Colbert Is Normal, But Shouldn’t Be
The real problem is that it’s standard operating procedure for an unelected commission of bureaucrats to investigate complaints about what some guy says on air.
Judge: Catholic University Can Fire Tenured Prof For Defending Student Who Stood For Catholic Teachings
Professor John McAdams, a tenured professor at Marquette University, was fired after he wrote a blog post defending a student’s right to have a personal opinion.
U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Resolution To End Campus Free Speech Zones
On Wednesday, several members of Congress introduced a resolution that would end free speech zones and reaffirm the First Amendment on campuses.
Yet Another Poll Finds Millennials Incoherent About Basic American Rights
The press release for a new poll makes the welcome claim that ‘Vast, Silent Majority of Millennials Overwhelmingly Support Religious and Social Freedoms.’ Alas, the results are more complicated.
Middlebury Takes Unspecified ‘Disciplinary Action’ On More Than 30 Students Over Charles Murray Fiasco
Middlebury College in Vermont says it had identified ‘more than 70 individuals’ who may have violated campus policies during a riot over social scientist Charles Murray’s presence.
Why Were Campus Free Speech Fighters Absent From Newseum’s Awards?
Since free expression at American universities has been stomped on so regularly, the real free expression warriors should be obvious. Instead, Newseum selected an odd collection.
Middlebury Professor Apologizes To Rioters For Inviting Charles Murray
This Middlebury College professor apologized not to Murray, the colleague rioters injured, or the students who wanted to hear Murray’s speech, but to the rioters who shut it all down.
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