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A Call To Fight Rising Authoritarianism, in 2022 and Beyond Dec. 30, 2021
At the eve of a new year, it's traditional to make a resolution or two. I have no such list for myse... Read More
The (Crappy) Year We Just Lived Through Dec. 28, 2021
As this is my last column of 2021, I thought it would be worthwhile to review some of the most impor... Read More
A Press Afraid to Be Free? Oct. 28, 2021
In a week, the Supreme Court will decide if it will consider diminishing long-standing protections f... Read More
'Free Speech' Media Allies with Transgender Tyranny Oct. 22, 2021
The left claims that their most urgent battle is to save democracy, but when it comes to any questio... Read More
Fighting Illiberalism in Higher Education Oct. 21, 2021
I consider my children to be extraordinarily lucky to be born and live in the United States. When I ... Read More
School Board Meetings Show Only That Freedom Is Messy Oct. 19, 2021
PITTSBURGH — Twenty years ago, Paul Carson said he never would have hesitated to speak out at ... Read More
As School Boards Face Threats, Hawley and Schmitt Side With the Angry Mob Oct. 11, 2021
The Justice Department last week issued a memo decrying the rise in threats and violence against loc... Read More
The Texas Social Media Law Is Blatantly Unconstitutional: Government Restrictions On Private Editorial Discretion Violate the First Amendment Sep. 29, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who this month signed a bill that aims to restrict the editorial discretion ... Read More
Campus Censors Fear Leonard Law Clones Sep. 28, 2021
What do Harvard, Princeton, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins have in common? These elite private univer... Read More
License to Work: Dissidents Need Not Apply Sep. 26, 2021
"I dreamed of being a PI as a kid," private investigator Joshua Gray told me over the phone. Now he ... Read More
Free Speech Is the Ultimate Truth Sep. 16, 2021
Words have no meaning; they are malleable and subject to change at the whim of the powerful. Today, ... Read More
Free Speech, or a Recognized Right To Be Disruptive and Rude? Sep. 08, 2021
Radical right members of local councils and school boards around the country are energized like neve... Read More
Free Speech, or a Recognized Right To Be Disruptive and Rude? Sep. 07, 2021
Radical right members of local councils and school boards around the country are energized like neve... Read More
First Under Fire: Freedom of Speech Gets Squeezed From Both Sides Aug. 17, 2021
"When I was a kid, I was shy," Ira Glasser, the longtime head of the American Civil Liberties Union,... Read More
Vanity Plates: A Free Speech Frontier Jul. 31, 2021
The license plate prudes may win a few battles; but when the exhaust smoke clears, they will lose th... Read More
Speech Suppression is Habit-Forming Jul. 23, 2021
Speech suppression is a habit that the Biden administration and its liberal supporters can't seem to... Read More
Free Speech and Private Property Jul. 22, 2021
Former President Donald J. Trump recently filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Miami against... Read More
Barrett, Kavanaugh and Roberts Betrayed a Woman of Faith Jul. 07, 2021
Can Barronelle Stutzman, a Christian, run her flower shop in keeping with her faith? The Supreme Cou... Read More
California Targets Free Speech and Charities Jul. 04, 2021
After the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling Thursday that invalidated California's practice of deman... Read More
A Turning Point for Student Speech? Jun. 26, 2021
Students are largely free to speak their minds off campus without fear of school punishment, even if... Read More
