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Why Postliberalism Failed--And Is Likely to Fail Again
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (218+ words) Contemporary postliberalism may be a fitting ideology for the age—but that hardly makes its agenda a good one, let alone an American one. Jonathan H. Adler | 9.10.2026 10:22 PM Today Civitas Outlook published a mini-symposium responding to the new book, Why…...
Geof Stone and I on "The State of Free Speech in 2026" (from the National Constitution Center)
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (19+ words) I much enjoyed participating in this, and I expect many of our readers will much enjoy listening to it....
Charlie Kirk died for free speech: a year later, free speech Is losing
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (198+ words) Sit with that sickness for a second– these social media platforms found time to censor a public school teacher documenting hate, but they allow the audio of a dead man’s last seconds being used as a punchline. Charlie Kirk was…...
The Rise of a New Left Revisited
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (169+ words) Save 30% on all titles during our Back to University Sale! Gift Cards and gift memberships to the Verso Book Club are marked down 20% If you had an account with Verso prior to April 2023 you will need to register here to…...
A Beating in Congress and the Limits of Free Speech
3+ day, 55+ min ago (682+ words) On May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks strode into the United States Senate chamber and beat Sen. Charles Sumner unconscious with a cane. Brooks, a South Carolina congressman, was retaliating for a speech Sumner had given condemning slavery and personally insulting a relative…...
From Athens to Albo: free speech and history
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1214+ words) In our late democratic culture, where rights come cheap and easy, one could be forgiven for thinking our freedoms work like toggle switches. Political leaders like to promote the idea that as times get tough, we can shut off a…...
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Permission to Speak Freely: An Introduction," by Sam Lebovic
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (21+ words) Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing....
Jack Coulson: Exploring the 21st-century battlegrounds for free speech
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1032+ words) Jack Coulson is Head of Advocacy at Big Brother Watch. A ‘fortuitous’ leadership election timetable saved Andy Burnham from facing Parliament back in July, but five heatwaves and one inane emergency alert later, we are soon to see the new…...
Thanks to Progressives, the West Is Collapsing Again - The Daily Signal
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (1132+ words) Home – Radical Left Activism News – Thanks to Progressives, the West Is Collapsing Again For most people, the story of the medieval world was one of cramped cities, constant violent crime, and episodic outbreaks of deadly plagues—the dividends of unclean…...
What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: An excerpt from the new book by Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (242+ words) Social engineering is a troublesome issue for the liberal agenda. Most liberals would subscribe, in the abstract, to the view that every school of thought, no matter how intolerant, should be respected and allowed to be aired. Nevertheless, the belief…...