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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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Jimmy Lai Gets 20 Years. The Fight to Free Him Must Go On.
China made an example of Hong Kong’s 78-year-old titan of democracy. But pressure from the West could spare him from dying in prison.
Mark L. Clifford
I Was Fired by New York’s Attorney General for Opposing ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Glenna Goldis is a gay consumer fraud attorney who has spoken out about the dangers of “gender-affirming care.” For that she lost her job.
Glenna Goldis
The Campaign to Crush Free Speech in Minnesota
Clashes among ICE, protesters, and politicians are testing Americans’ commitment to open discourse.
Greg Lukianoff
Matt Taibbi: To Protect Free Speech, I’m Suing the Man Who Defamed Me
There’s a difference between censorship, which prevents speech, and seeking restitution for a harmful lie already in print.
Matt Taibbi
New Year’s Eve Is for Arguing with Friends
What America needs is more friendly fights.
Peter Savodnik
Editors’ Picks: Jimmy Lai, Norman Podhoretz, and Rob Reiner
Check out our pieces on the lives and legacies of three extraordinary men.
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