At a New York City college, a professor is dismissed shortly after using the N-word in an academic discussion of Mark Twain.
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Posted inFeatured, Law and Justice, Political Animal, Politics
“Gimme an F!” Supreme Court Mulls the Case of the Cursing Cheerleader
The Roberts-era First Amendment is very protective of millionaires; does it also protect high-schoolers cursing at the Cocoa Hut?
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Trumpism Is the Real Cancel Culture
Why the president threatens free speech more than any of the Republican convention’s bogeymen.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
What Mark Zuckerberg Gets Wrong About Free Speech
Misinformation disrupts the democratic process. It does not deserve Facebook’s protection.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Our First Amendment Responsibility
What two young people can teach us about exercising free speech in the digital age.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2019
Drowning In Free Speech
In the age of Facebook and Google, can the marketplace of ideas be saved?
Posted inPolitical Animal
Whose Free Speech Is This White House Committed to Protecting?
Trump attacks the press at every opportunity and wants to protect the rights of violent extremists.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Sean Hannity Feels Empowered to Act Like Trump
Would Sean Hannity address a Republican senator as a “loser” if Trump weren’t the president?
Posted inPolitics
The Unbelievable Hypocrisy of Free-Speech Conservatives
Republicans who accuse college students of hampering free speech should actually practice what they preach.
Posted inJune/July/August 2017, Magazine
Battle of the Banned
The Slants, an Asian American rock band, are heroes to libertarians in a battle with the U.S. government.
