March for Life participants who were ordered to cover or remove their pro-life attire during a Jan. 20 visit to the National Archives will receive a personal tour as part of a preliminary agreement the two parties reached in litigation. News of the agreement comes after the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issued a…
National Archives Apologizes, Offers Personal Tour to March for Life Visitors
February 15, 2023
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Can Government Legislate a Return to Academic Values?
Commentary It is somewhat unsettling to discover that no matter how fervently we believe in something, others believe differently. Perhaps more frustratingly, we soon discover that our interlocutors are as passionate about their beliefs as we are about ours and have sound reasons for believing as they do. This is why free speech is the…
The Twitter Files Reveal an Existential Threat
February 9, 2023
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Commentary The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on Feb. 7, 2023. Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter last October and the subsequent reporting on the Twitter Files by journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and a handful of others beginning in early December is one of the most important news stories of…
The Decline and Fall of the University
February 9, 2023
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Commentary Since retiring from the university, several people have asked if I miss it. I tell them I miss what it was, but not what it has become. Higher education in America has gone from being the best in the world to one of the most pathetic. Why? It’s hard to describe what academia was to…
To Promote Viewpoint Diversity, Elon Musk Should Emulate Thomas Jefferson
Commentary To say that Elon Musk’s tenure at Twitter has been polarizing would be an understatement. He bought Twitter at a time when the social media giant was actively putting its thumb on the scale of public discourse and seemingly punishing right-wing accounts. Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety, compared the Trump…
Alberta to Require Universities and Colleges to Provide Free Speech Report Annually
The Alberta government has announced that post-secondary institutions will be required to provide reporting annually on their efforts to protect free speech directly to Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides. Nicolaides told The Epoch Times it became apparent after the University of Lethbridge (U of L) cancelled a planned public lecture by guest academic Frances…
Experts Take the Pulse of Free Speech in Canada
Some political leaders maintain Canada’s free speech rights are in jeopardy. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has proposed having a “Free Speech Guardian” on university campuses. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has created a new position—parliamentary secretary for civil liberties—for a similar purpose. Free speech advocates, too, have said speech rights and free expression are being infringed…
EU Official’s Remarks About Hate Speech Laws Coming to America ‘Very Chilling,’ Free Speech Advocate Says
January 30, 2023
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News Analysis Recent remarks by Věra Jourová, the European Commission’s Vice President for Values and Transparency, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, addressing online speech, the status of Twitter, and what Jourová sees as the likely advent of laws proscribing “hate speech” in the United States, show either an ignorance of or contempt…
Canada Drops out of Top 10 Countries in Global Ranking of ‘Human Freedom’
January 26, 2023
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Canada, the land of the strong and free, isn’t so free anymore, according to the Human Freedom Index (HFI), produced annually by the Fraser Institute and U.S.-based Cato Institute. For the first time in more than 10 years, Canada did not rank in the top 10 freest countries worldwide, based on various indicators of personal…
Demonstration in Support of Jordan Peterson to be Held Outside Ontario College of Psychologists
A demonstration is slated to take place outside the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO) in Toronto in support of Jordan Peterson, who is under threat of losing his clinical licence for refusing to take a social media training course required by the college over his past comments online. The protest, which is being organized…
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