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What My Soviet Life Has Taught Me About Censorship and Why It Makes Us Dumb

A few years into my American life, I took a class on western thought. The only philosopher on the syllabus familiar to me was Karl Marx, and he wasn’t why…

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11 min

Naming the Unnameable: Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens and the Defence of Free Speech

We should be wary therefore what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books;…

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5 min

Culture & Media

Would Hunter S. Thompson Be Cancelled Today?

It’s a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die.—Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine. The father of gonzo journalism was known for his uncompromising but…

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7 min

Culture & Media

De Jure and De Facto Censorship: Why We Need to Be Concerned About Both

The last few weeks have seen dustups over the decision by the foundation overseeing Dr. Seuss’s works (i.e. Dr. Seuss Enterprises) to cease publication of six books deemed problematic, as…

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8 min

Politics

The Soft Mob: Intolerance and the New Definition of “Harm”

In the festival of non-sequiturs that was the reaction to the Harper’s letter, two equally specious rebuttals rose to the fore: the first, that freedom of expression has become a…

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6 min

Politics

I’m a Nobody. The Harper’s Letter was for Me.

I’m terrified to write this—and that’s the problem. In the wake of the Harper’s letter, I’ve witnessed flabbergasting displays of casuistry. Critics have attacked the motives and character of certain…

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5 min

Politics

Google’s Threat to Ban “The Federalist”

Yesterday, NBC News published a piece claiming that Google had “banned” conservative websites the Federalist and ZeroHedge for “pushing unsubstantiated claims about the Black Lives Matter movement.” Google’s ban came…

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5 min

Culture & Media

The Death of Comedy

Sanitation departments aren’t usually controversial. New York City’s sanitation department’s Twitter account is full of zero-waste tips, charity work, and employees rescuing kittens. What does it take to make a…

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22 min

Threats to Free Speech at University, and How to Deal with Them—Part 2

Part 1 of this essay outlined six major threats to free speech at university, focusing on institutions in the UK and US: first, speech codes, speech guidelines and free speech…

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23 min

Threats to Free Speech at University, and How to Deal with Them—Part 1

Free speech is arguably the most important value for universities to uphold. As Steven Pinker points out in an essay aptly tilted Why Free Speech is Fundamental, “the very thing…

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9 min

Politics

The Internet Is Making You Less Free

Our current age is defined by the internet. The internet—a technology that allows the decentralized, globalized dissemination of information—has become so thoroughly entrenched in human life that access is now…

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Censorship

What My Soviet Life Has Taught Me About Censorship and Why It Makes Us Dumb

Naming the Unnameable: Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens and the Defence of Free Speech

Would Hunter S. Thompson Be Cancelled Today?

De Jure and De Facto Censorship: Why We Need to Be Concerned About Both

The Soft Mob: Intolerance and the New Definition of “Harm”

I’m a Nobody. The Harper’s Letter was for Me.

Google’s Threat to Ban “The Federalist”

The Death of Comedy

Threats to Free Speech at University, and How to Deal with Them—Part 2

Threats to Free Speech at University, and How to Deal with Them—Part 1

The Internet Is Making You Less Free

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