Universities draw FIRE for targeting free speech

Free speech is dead at the American university. Here’s who killed it.

Today's U.S. university is overpoliced, with students and profs afraid to speak their mind and punished if they do.

Jordan Issues Warning to EU Country Threatening US Free Speech

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) is looking to protect speech both domestically and abroad. American tech companies have a global reach and often face government demands for censorship—meaning foreign requests can end up silencing Americans. Jordan and four other congressmen warned in a Tuesday letter to EU Commissioner Michael McGrath that Poland’s censorship push under Prime Minister Donald Tusk could threaten free speech on b…

Universities draw FIRE for targeting free speech

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which successfully sued to overturn Texas A&M's ban of Draggieland in March, released a report Thursday detailing threats against protected free speech by students from the universities they attend.

Saving or Killing Free Speech

Since I retired from teaching about fifteen years ago, I have written hundreds of posts, articles, chapters, and stories. I have written about history, literature, science, politics, and religion. But mostly, I have written about freedom. Like Thomas Jefferson, “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over […] The post Saving or Killing Free Speech appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.