Free Speech
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
The Conservatives should not cancel Christians
A Conservative party that demonises Christian convictions will cease to be conservative
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Free speech and fashionable hypocrisy
Between the Tory government and the University and College Union, will anyone be consistent?
A Phoenix rises
Professor Jo Phoenix’s legal triumph is also a triumph for free speech
Keep the cops out of our minds
Silent thoughts should never be prohibited