The New York Times and the Importance of Conclusion Neutrality
The conclusion neutral standard is the journalistic expression of classical liberal values.
Max Diamond
· 9 min read
Free Speech
A collection of 234 posts
Is the My Little Pony Fan Community Really Full of Nazis?
White nationalists and the far-Right seemed to be ascendant in 2016 after Donald Trump won an unexpected victory in the US presidential election.
Daniel Friedman
· 7 min read
Barney Rosset and the Unending Struggle to Read Freely
It is by now a familiar truism that the Internet—and social media, in particular—has awarded the intolerant, the narrow-minded, and the censorious unprecedented power. To this challenge from below, publishers have, by and large, responded with dismaying timidity. Large multinational publishing firms have hastily withdrawn controversial titles and
Kevin Mims
· 22 min read
A Librarian’s Timeless Mission: Supporting Social Justice Through Freedom of Speech
Believing in freedom of speech means believing in freedom of expression for all. The late Elliot L. Shelkrot, long-time head of the Philadelphia Public Library, once said that democracy depends on an informed population.
Quillette
· 8 min read
I've Been Fired. If You Value Academic Freedom, That Should Worry You
I did not enjoy the protection of tenure (I was, however, tenure-track), but we should not rely upon tenure to uphold free inquiry.
Bo Winegard
· 7 min read
Peter Singer and the Narrowing of Discourse
The implications of this narrowing of discourse for public debate and the exploration of ideas are dire, and reflect a growing surrender to intolerance at the expense of rational discussion and analysis.
Ross Stitt
· 6 min read
The Misguided Moral Panic About Racism in British Universities
The scope of individual autonomy is rapidly being eroded by measures designed to engineer an inclusive society.
Wanjiru Njoya and Doug Stokes
· 19 min read
Behind the Great Firewall
For the most part, the Great Firewall (GFW) is irrelevant for the average Chinese citizen, mostly irrelevant for most Chinese netizens, and for many of the rest it protects their ability to make money.
Thomas Brown
· 11 min read
Demoted and Placed on Probation
One young man said to me, “How did you get tenure?” When I said that I didn’t have tenure he said, “Good! Because you’re not going to get it.”
Stuart Reges
· 14 min read
How Bitcoin Can Protect Free Speech in the Digital Age
If we want to live in a world where we can buy things and subscribe to media and earn money and publish our thoughts without the fear of being spied on, then we are going to need a digital form of cash. Bitcoin is the foundation for that system.
Alex Gladstein
· 7 min read
Mark Zuckerberg and the Changing Civil Rights Movement
The truth is therefore that Mark Zuckerberg’s reading of civil rights history with respect to its relationship to free speech is closer to the mark than that of many who have inherited the mantle of the movement.
John R. Wood, Jr.
· 6 min read
YouTube Censored My Interview With Posie Parker
The subliminal message behind this is obvious: “Censor yourself so we don’t have to.”
Konstantin Kisin
· 5 min read
'The Rise of Jordan Peterson'—A Review
The Rise of Jordan Peterson constructs a kaleidoscopic narrative that enables the viewer to look at the same sequence of events in several different ways.
Carol Horton
· 11 min read
Olga Tokarczuk: Poland's "Patriots" Struggle To Accept The Nobel Prize
Tokarczuk is a passionate proponent of tolerance, feminism and European unity.
Bartosz Wieliński
· 5 min read
The Problem with Sensitivity Readers
Sensitivity readers are typically sought by authors writing about some marginalized group—a culture to which they don’t personally belong, or a community about which they don’t feel they have complete expertise, and about which they want to be warned of any overlooked biases or stereotypes.
Ryan Holiday
· 10 min read