The University of Southern California Should Embrace Trump’s Compact
…and freedom of speech, and is a strong proponent of both. The son of two former USC graduate students from Korea, and one of the relatively few Asians Harvard allowed…
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The Death of Discourse
…and two young children simply for exercising his freedom of speech at a college-sanctioned event. Just as many celebrated the demise of a man who they considered to be a…
He Kindled the Flame Academia Let Die
…challenged. Tens of thousands of students attended his free speech campus forums to hear his ideas, dispute his beliefs, and wrestle with concepts in ways few professors today dare to…
FAIR Files Civil Rights Complaint Over ‘Anti-Racist’ Study That Shamed White Students
…accountable including challenging racially discriminatory practices at the University of the District of Columbia, a racially hostile work environment at Penn State Abington, and standards that mandate compelled speech, by…
The Politics of an Anti-Woke Campus Op-Ed, Continued
…editorial calling for the university to rescind a speaking invitation to former Republican Vice President Mike Pence illustrates. That editorial was so contrary to free speech that then-UVA President Ryan…
UPDATE: Judge Ordered Texas State to Reinstate Fired Professor Thomas Alter
…if the court determines that his speech did not cross the line into incitement of violence. Time will tell, but regardless of the case’s outcome, it serves as yet another…
Professors Have Much to Learn from This College Dropout
…formal degree; yet, his influence on American campuses has reshaped discussions around free speech and viewpoint diversity. Kirk dropped out of college, opting instead to launch TPUSA at the age…
Conservatives Don’t Need to Flash Their Free Speech Card for Profs Who Cheer Kirk’s Assassination
…These situations can be tempting for conservatives eager to showcase their free speech cards. But the truth is, these professors are hardly champions of free expression—their delight at someone’s death…
Socialist Professor Who Criticized U.S. Government Invokes Constitution to Sue Texas State
…And his lawsuit, filed in district court, contends that TXST’s actions violated his First Amendment rights by penalizing him for constitutionally protected speech made in a personal capacity. And, in…
What a College Classroom Teaches Us About the Melting Pot
…nor do they cling to their culture—or perhaps I should say, to their parents’ culture. Because it really isn’t their culture anymore. In dress, speech, and behavior, they appear every…
Tenure Isn’t Safe: U of A Professor’s Case Warns Academics Who Dissent from DEI Orthodoxy
…and the purpose of tenure. [RELATED: The Campus Left Discovers Free Speech] To sum up, a proposal for dialogue was blocked while an ideologically comfortable event proceeded without debate. A…
Liberty University Students Vow to Carry on Charlie Kirk’s Mission After Assassination
…was a husband, father, son, patriot, free speech champion, debater, successful political strategist, and, above all else, a Christian.” The statement included a broader call to action, saying, “Charlie Kirk’s…
Make Syllabi Public
…professors are trying to hide something. I developed such suspicion after interning with Speech First and contributing to its report, Critical Condition: How Medical Schools Are Forcing DEI Orthodoxy on…
Leftists Turn to Whataboutism Instead of Condemning Kirk’s Killing
…symbolic status when supposedly well-educated folks take quick offense at fact-based criticism of historical figures whom they idolize. Any speech distasteful to the self-anointed, no matter how truthful or meritorious,…
Charlie Kirk Gunned Down on Utah Campus—And the Left Still Claims the Right Is More Violent
…be rising). Apparently, speech is violence, but violence is not violence. Don’t believe your lying eyes! Moreover, pro-Hamas protests and encampments have intimidated Jewish students, damaged property, and disrupted classes….
Can Trump’s AI EO Really Fix AI Bias?
…ethical relativism? Universities are likely to de-emphasize this AI bias issue; after all, many would be guided by the principle of unencumbered free speech. Universities will likely be concerned about…
Trump and the Modest Rise of Civic Knowledge
…seventy percent of respondents could name all three branches of the federal government, up from sixty-five percent the previous year. Nearly four in five correctly identified freedom of speech as…
From Campus Rhetoric to Assassination
…become. According to their latest survey, one-third of Stanford students now say violence is justifiable to stop speech they dislike. These are the young students who will soon lead our…
Je Suis Charlie
…many things conservatives hold dear, but high on the list would be free speech. He not only believed in and cherished the ideal of free speech; he was convinced that…
French Professor Finds Happiness in Being Cancelled
…general speech ban because she thinks that a woman is a woman and not a “body with a vagina,” as The Lancet elegantly puts it. Anne-Sophie Chazaud listed many others…
Charlie Kirk Fought for an Education That Restores American Faith and Values
…students who were subject to cancellation campaigns and who seldom saw any support for their free speech from campus authorities. Turning Point USA volunteers often saw their literature trashed and…
FIRE Overstates Conservative Censorship on Campus
…Free Speech Rankings, based on more than 68,000 student responses across 257 schools, FIRE reports that 166 institutions earned an “F” for their speech climate, while only 11 managed a…
Harvard Equates Criticizing Hamas Supporters With Racism
…speech. In this case, it is now forbidden to call someone a “terrorist sympathizer.” Harvard is only protecting what its university culture condones. Shortly after the Hamas attack on October…
‘Fight Fiercely, Harvard. Fight! Fight! Fight!’
…me give one example. Schools in the bottom 10 universities in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Free Speech rankings, perhaps, should be put on a sort of federal…
UChicago’s Self-Made Crisis
…matters free speech when the university has died?” Even with revenues exceeding $3 billion, Ando contends that UChicago could maintain its historic commitment to rigorous inquiry across the sciences and…
‘Action Civics’ Breeds Campus Chaos
…matters worse. Speech First, for example, found that 67 percent of the more than 200 colleges and unverties they investigated impose a “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) course as a…
Alexander Hamilton Institute Announces New Courses for Fall Semester 2025
…and Pentagon speechwriter. She wrote speeches for former Senator Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) and spent three years as a speechwriter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Her articles and reviews on…
A Retrospective on DEI and the Decline of Medical Schools
…the Schilling Show. Jared Gould: Thank you for having me. Schilling: Hey, would you tell us about Speech First, please? Gould: Speech First is a non-profit based out of D.C.,…
Education Department Finds GMU Violated Civil Rights Law—Excellent News, but the University Is Digging In
…[RELATED: GMU PhD Student’s Call to Kill Trump Sparks Free Speech Debate] OCR’s action announces loudly and clearly that the Trump administration is determined to bring that era to an…
Trump’s Forcing Schools to Hire ‘Title VI Coordinators’ Risks Feeding the Same Bloated Bureaucracy He’s Fighting
…can then respond and investigate. In other words, the requirement envisions yet another bureaucrat on campus at best, or something like speech and thought police at worst. The idea comes…