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“Dangerous Ideas” is a comprehensive, entertaining historical account of censorship in the West. But I have some reservations about its last chapter. Read more

On today’s episode, we are joined by Lewis & Clark Associate Professor of English Lyell Asher to discuss his 2018 article “How Ed Schools Became a Menace.” Read more

FIRE urged University of Oklahoma to change its mandatory diversity training to allow students and faculty to disagree with university viewpoints. Read more

USD determined Professor Thomas Smith cannot be punished for a personal blog post criticizing the Chinese government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh earned FIRE's worst "red light" rating for a speech code that prohibits expression protected by the First Amendment. Read more

A student government leader encouraged students to "annoy" university police. Now the police are calling for an investigation. Read more

Unionized faculty were among a recent purge of tenure-track professors at County College of Morris in New Jersey. Read more

Linfield University ignored due process and fired a tenured professor after he criticized the handling of sexual assault allegations against board members. Read more

The most important personal takeaway from Julia Galef’s excellent “The Scout Mindset" is that you do not, in fact, have to be self-deceived to be happy. Read more

Legislation under consideration in multiple states will prohibit the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts” at public colleges and universities. Read more