Why Calling Your Intellectual Opponents “Deniers” Is Bad for Scientific Progress
January 16, 2022 – Walter Block …… Contentious scientific questions should be vigorously debated, not smugly shut down. Continue reading →
Interview: Rand Paul Slams Big Tech’s Crackdown on COVID ‘Misinformation’—And Offers His Solution
January 9, 2022 – Brad Polumbo …… ‘The impulse to censor people’s speech is actually illiberal.’ Continue reading →
Aaron Rodgers Throws Shade On ‘Woke Cancel Culture’ as Chappelle Netflix Controversy Heats Up
October 21, 2021 – Jon Miltimore …… There is a long and celebrated tradition of free expression in America. This is a good thing. Continue reading →
Canadian Political Leader Arrested for Attending Small Anti-Lockdown Protest—Days After Trudeau Attended Massive Ontario Gathering
June 18, 2021 – Patrick Carroll …… The double standard is hard to miss. Continue reading →
When Censorship’s the Game, Despotism Is the Goal
March 9, 2021 – Annie Holmquist …… Censorship is everywhere and it is having a chilling effect on discourse. Accepting this will only lead to despotism. Continue reading →
YouTube’s Censorship of Dissenting Doctors Will Backfire
May 2, 2020 – Dan Sanchez …… Sheltering the public from ideas, even bad ones, only weakens society’s immunity against error. Continue reading →
YouTube to Ban Content That Contradicts WHO on COVID-19, Despite the UN Agency’s Catastrophic Track Record of Misinformation
April 26, 2020 – Dan Sanchez …… The policy represents a betrayal of the pioneering platform’s founding principles. Continue reading →
10 “Subversive” Jokes That Could’ve Landed You in an East German Prison
January 16, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Here are 10 jokes that were popular in East Germany, but were almost certainly too hot (or just too honest) for the Stasi. Continue reading →
Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech
January 14, 2020 – Barry Brownstein …… There is no such thing as government regulated free speech. Continue reading →
Candace Owens’s Flag Rhetoric Highlights the Importance of Constitutional Constraints on Government Power
July 4, 2019 – Trace Mitchell …… Candace Owens announced on Twitter that if she were president of the United States, she’d punish flag burners by revoking their citizenship. Continue reading →