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Two Cheers for the ACLU
For most of its history the ACLU has stood alone in its unqualified defense of free speech. The consequences would be grave were the organization to…
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Benjamin Schwarz
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Jon Zobenica
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Who's Afraid of Academic Freedom?
In this open letter to MIT's leadership, the CEO of the US Free Speech Union dismantles the excuses for canceling Dorian Abbot's lecture
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Benjamin Schwarz
Art Crushed by Political Orthodoxy...Again
When some students are offended by a mural, their law school effaces it
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Amna Khalid
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Sowing the Wind
Giving every individual parent unchecked veto power over the books a school district may shelve is an invitation to chaos, cultural fracture, and…
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Jon Zobenica
A Casualty of War
Conflating dissent with disloyalty
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Benjamin Schwarz
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Jon Zobenica
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Who Will Watch the Watchmen?
The perils of clamping down on “misinformation”
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Benjamin Schwarz
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Jon Zobenica
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A Shameful Breach of Academic Duty
In what is at least effectively a victory for free expression, MIT's two top administrators have resigned their posts.
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Benjamin Schwarz
Dave Chappelle and the Creeping Concept of Blasphemy
A successful movement needn’t believe in a god, but it does need to believe in a devil.
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Jon Zobenica
Drain the Swamp
The University of Florida has been dealt a scathing injunction over its bungling, politically motivated assault on free speech. The university’s board…
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Benjamin Schwarz
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Jon Zobenica
Violence Equals Silence
Frederick Douglass on the heckler’s veto
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Jon Zobenica
CEO's Advisory Council and Statement of Purpose
Our mission is to defend free expression, pure and simple.
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Benjamin Schwarz
Prisoners of Our Own Action
When we deny someone the opportunity to speak publicly, we deny ourselves and others the opportunity—the right—to hear, and listen. The case of…
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Jon Zobenica
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