March 06, 2018
Promoting Liberty or Provoking the Left?
Here are a few thoughts for college libertarians who are able to invite speakers to campus and how they might do so in the most productive ways. Let me start…
Posts filed under free speech
March 22, 2017
Some Links on Campus Speech
Here is Rob Montz’s new documentary on what happened at Yale. Is the free speech problem in part a way for administrators to win power and resources over faculty? Yale…
February 02, 2017
The Berkeley Mess
UPDATE: In case you thought I was making this up, see what Berkeley students have to say here. There are certain strands of critical theory and postmodernist…
February 09, 2015
Speaking on speech at Ottawa
Thanks to the good graces of the Institute for Liberal Studies, I’ll be giving a talk on freedom of speech and expression at the University of Ottawa tomorrow evening (February…
July 28, 2014
How to Be a Bleeding Heart Libertarian About Race
Sometimes you write a book to tell people what you think. But sometimes you write a book to find out what you think. Several years ago, a chance encounter with…
June 27, 2012
Should Hate Speech Be Illegal?
NYU Philosopher and legal theorist Jeremy Waldron thinks so. That’s the subject of his new book, The Harm in Hate Speech. He summarizes the view in this short video. Thoughts BHLers?…