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Letter to the Editor re: ‘I Wrote a Book About Censorship. Then People Tried to Censor It.’
My response to Jacob Siegel’s piece in ‘The Free Press.’
Renée DiResta
In Finland, Promoting Biblical Views Is Now Illegal
Rod Dreher explains how hate speech bans like Finland’s are no longer about protecting rights, but about stamping liberal orthodoxy into law.
Rod Dreher
I Wrote a Book About Censorship. Then People Tried to Censor It. Plus. . .
Could California elect a Republican governor? Apple and the age of surveillance. The teacher fired for an X post. And more.
The Free Press
I Was Fired from My Sex Ed Job for Reposting a Trans Woman
According to the school, I had violated the administration’s values about LGBT inclusion—by reposting Brianna Wu, a trans woman, on X.
Logan Levkoff, PhD
I Wrote a Book About Censorship. Then People Tried to Censor It.
A day after I published a book on the government-tech control of information, a positive review of it disappeared online. It was the epitome of the very…
Jacob Siegel
Afroman Is an American Hero
The ’90s comedy rapper used the First Amendment to peacefully fight back against police overreach—he should inspire us all.
Josh Kaplan
The State of the Union Is Overstated
The speeches used to make history but are now mired in tribal warfare. Nothing Trump could say will change that.
Ruy Teixeira
Things Worth Remembering: The Day Jesse Jackson Asked for Forgiveness
In 1984, after alienating American Jews and losing his bid for the presidency, the late Jesse Jackson delivered a concession speech that remains a…
Eli Lake
Brendan Carr Once Defended Free Speech. Now He Is Trump’s Chief Censor.
Republicans criticized the Biden administration for silencing dissenting voices. Now that they're in power, those First Amendment worries have…
Joe Nocera
Stop Asking Olympians How They Feel About America
The Winter Olympics is just a reminder that we live in a free country where you can criticize the president, and he can criticize you, and then you can…
Kat Rosenfield
Natan Sharansky: Jimmy Lai’s Sentence Tests the Free World
The 78-year-old dissident has been a leading voice in the struggle for a free, democratic Hong Kong. For that, he will spend the rest of his life in…
Natan Sharansky
Lionel Shriver on the Immigration Taboo
In her provocative new novel ‘A Better Life,’ Shriver explores what happens when progressive immigration meets reality.
Coleman Hughes
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