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June 2 letters to the editor

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 03:04:00 +0000

Trust that there are still good people There’s a saying that goes, not every hero wears a cape. I like that saying, because I know it’s true. I personally got […]

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Will Columbia pro-Palestine protesters achieve their goals?

Syndicated Columnist — Fri, 03 May 2024 03:02:00 +0000

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, […]

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Lessons from other campus protests

Cal Thomas — Wed, 01 May 2024 03:00:00 +0000

The year was 1966 and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley” and other college […]

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USC valedictorian earned the right to speak. Let her

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 03:04:00 +0000

In 2022, at the University of Southern California commencement, valedictorian Adam Karelin delivered a stirring poem against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2021, valedictorian Tianna Shaw Wakeman spoke of living […]

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UPenn’s Magill’s weak testimony costs her big

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 04:04:00 +0000

Rep. Elise Stefanik set a clever trap at a House hearing on antisemitism on campus, snaring the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT. The presidents, Liz Magill […]

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She condemned Palestinians and got fired. He got fired for blaming Israel

Syndicated Columnist — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 03:02:00 +0000

by Robin Abcarian Should Americans be punished or lose their livelihoods for things they say about a gut-wrenching conflict taking place halfway across the world? In an ideal world where […]

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Judge’s gag order on Trump may be satisfying but it’s not constitutional

Syndicated Columnist — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 03:02:00 +0000

by Erwin Chemerinsky Although I often wish that Donald Trump would shut up, he has a constitutional right not to. A federal judge went too far in restricting his free […]

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What is the future of gay rights?

Syndicated Columnist — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 03:11:00 +0000

by Noah Feldman The Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, in which the court created a free-speech based exemption from the civil rights laws, is intended to give […]

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Comedy clubs as free speech zones — and the antidote to cancel culture

Syndicated Columnist — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 03:02:00 +0000

by Ronald Collins and Ronnie Marmo On Nov. 24, 1964, the Illinois Supreme Court did what no other state high court had ever done — it vindicated Lenny Bruce’s free […]

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Free speech needs muscle

Froma Harrop — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 03:05:00 +0000

Officials at Stanford University could learn something from the New York City Police Department about defending free speech while maintaining order. When hecklers prevented an invited speaker from addressing an […]

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