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FIRE gives awards for the Ten Worst Censors of 2024; Harvard gets sixth Lifetime Censorship Award

At midnight last night, FIRE (The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) put up its list of the “10 Worst Censors of 2024”. Part of the intro: Each year, FIRE names and shames the worst-of-the-worst silencers, bowdlerizers, and steamrollers of free speech. This year, we’ve included five free speech villains whose chilling misdeeds happened off … Continue reading FIRE gives awards for the Ten Worst Censors of 2024; Harvard gets sixth Lifetime Censorship Award

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in jail

This just happened, and, given the fact that Weinstein could have received as little as five years (or as many as 25), the judge clearly felt that Weinstein’s crimes merited a stiff sentence. I can’t say I disagree. Since Weinstein is 67, this means he’ll die in jail, and that’s not even counting the upcoming … Continue reading Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in jail

The New Yorker’s hit job on Elizabeth Loftus

I doubt that psychologist and memory expert Elizabeth Loftus knew that, when Rachel Aviv of the New Yorker interviewed her for a recent profile, Aviv had a hit job in mind. I say this because Aviv makes statements in the piece (click on screenshot below; I think access is free) implying that she, Aviv, believes … Continue reading The New Yorker’s hit job on Elizabeth Loftus

Think “cancel culture” is a fabrication? Think again.

This letter in Areo (click on screenshot) gets the point of the Harper’s letter in a way that many outraged people and offended intellectuals didn’t. The author, who asserts that he’s a “nobody”, isn’t really: his Areo bio says this: Angel Eduardo is writer, musician, photographer, and designer in New York City. He has been published in … Continue reading Think “cancel culture” is a fabrication? Think again.

Dueling essays that come to the same conclusion about wokeness

“We are all on campus now.” —Andrew Sullivan Here we have two editorials purporting to say different things, but in the end reaching nearly identical conclusions. The first, published at Persuasion (click on screenshot), is by a young writer, Sahil Handa, described by Harvard’s Kennedy school: “a rising Junior from London studying Social Studies and Philosophy … Continue reading Dueling essays that come to the same conclusion about wokeness

A “speech wars” section of The Atlantic

I’d like to call your attention to a fairly new feature of The Atlantic that began last fall: a series of columns and short pieces gathered under the rubric (and webpage) called “The Speech Wars”. Click on the screenshot to go there: The topics and viewpoints are diverse, but all have something to do with … Continue reading A “speech wars” section of The Atlantic