by jpitney | Aug 30, 2023 | Civility, Debate, Deliberation, Free Speech, Higher Education
Robert P. George: As the new academic year begins, I have some advice for conservative and religiously observant students who are entering colleges and universities in which their beliefs will place them in the minority, and perhaps make them feel like “outsiders.”...
by jpitney | Aug 23, 2023 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams and Harvey Silverglate at AEI: A new survey from North Dakota State University’s Challey Institute shows just how ingrained the idea that students can censor others on campus is today. The Challey survey found that 74 percent of students surveyed...
by jpitney | Aug 16, 2023 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Claremont McKenna College, Free Speech, Higher Education
Michael T. Nietzel at Forbes: A group of 13 college presidents is launching a new campaign, called the Campus Call for Free Expression, to bring renewed attention to the importance of free expression, critical inquiry and civil discourse on college campuses. The...
by jpitney | May 18, 2023 | Free Speech, Higher Education
2/ Of course, smart, sophisticated, high achieving people can be wrong, have been wrong, and indeed are wrong about many things. That is why thinking for oneself–and not outsourcing one’s thinking–is so critically important. — Robert P. George🇻🇦🇺🇸🪕...
by jpitney | Feb 19, 2022 | Free Speech, Insurrection
Judge Amit Mehta: The nineteenth century English philosopher John Stuart Mill was a fierce advocate of free speech. But Mill understood that not all speech should be protected. In his work On Liberty, Mill wrote, “No one pretends that actions should be as free as...
by jpitney | Jan 27, 2022 | Cancel Culture, Free Speech, Public Opinion, Viewpoint Diversity, Youth
Eric Kaufmann has an article at City Journal titled “A Generational Threat to Free Expression.” Survey data from my new Manhattan Institute report, “The Politics of the Culture Wars in Contemporary America,” show the scale of the challenge. While the...
