by Noah Feldman The arrest in France of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has brought into sharp focus one of the major conflicts of our age. On one hand, we want privacy in our digital lives, which is why we like the kind of end-to-end encryption Telegram promises. On the other, we ...
A trip up Broadway recently showed that all was quiet at Columbia University’s main gate at 116th St. But the day before, the first day of classes on the Morningside Heights campus, there was a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside the gate with signs and banners and that included ...
by Adrian Wooldridge Hardly a day goes by without Elon Musk trumpeting his belief in the absolute importance of free speech. He insists that “moderation is a propaganda word for censorship,” that posts should only be taken down if they break the law, and that a thousand flowers ...
The administrative state continues to run amok under President Joe Biden. Recently, a judge with the National Labor Relations Board found that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated federal labor law. His crime? Offering his opinion about the consequences of employees forming a union. Jassy in ...
by Ron Iannone The Oct. 7 attack by Hamas led to the deaths of around 1,200 Israelis. In retaliatory attacks, Israel has killed around 34,000 Palestinians. And as a result, we now have student protests happening on campuses across the U.S. — at Columbia, Harvard, UCLA, and many more. ...
by Stephen L. Carter I fear that the current round of campus protests is wearing out its welcome. This isn’t a conclusion I reach lightly. In my increasingly distant youth, I was a sometime protester myself, marching and chanting alongside classmates, and I tend to take vicarious ...