free speech

The Antidote to Antisemitism

History

In the 2005 documentary film Protocols of Zion, filmmaker Marc Levin explored the growth of antisemitic conspiracy theories after September 11th, such as the false (so patently false as to ...

A Review of Greg Gutfeld’s The King of Late Night  

The Triumph of a Libertarian Comic: A Review of Greg Gutfeld’s The King of Late Night

Book Reviews

Political comedian Greg Gutfeld’s new eighth book, The King of Late Night, explores what he sees as many recent U.S. cultural “flips” helping his TV show, Gutfeld!, trounce its late-night ...

Comedy is a serious subject: A book review of Kat Timpf

Comedy is a serious subject: A book review of Kat Timpf

Libertarianism

Comedienne and libertarian commentator Kat Timpf’s first book is a serious examination of comedy that challenges many well-intentioned but mistaken myths about social taboos. A regular on TV’s Gutfeld! and ...

Censorship, Elon Musk, and Twitter

Free Speech: Censorship, Elon Musk, and Twitter

Culture

Elon Musk has completed a private acquisition of Twitter, promising to unshackle what’s supposed to be a free speech forum from the chains of progressive ruling-class censorship. This is a ...

Weekend Insights – Let speech be free!

News

Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI "President's Corner" of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I'm thinking about...

Jordan Peterson, Free Speech, and Missing the Bigger Point

Culture

The outspoken psychologist and Toronto University professor, Jordan Peterson, has become a popular icon of political conservativism, political incorrectness, and a bastion of free speech. His followers on Youtube are ...

Racism, Free Speech, and Censorship

Politics

The past few weeks have been an extraordinary time for western culture amongst an already-extraordinary past two years. Most readers will be familiar with the incidents and arguments on free ...

Phil Robertson’s Victory Over the Secular Theocracy

Culture

This guest post is by David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute. This two-part series (see part 1) was originally published on Patheos and is reprinted with David’s ...

Duck Dynasty and the Secular Theocracy

Culture

This guest post is by David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute. This two-part series was originally published on Patheos and is reprinted with David’s permission. Look for ...

John Milton and Freedom

Book Reviews

I personally love Milton. Paradise Lost is one of the most beautiful things in the English language. But Milton was more than a mere poet. He weighed in on some ...

“First They Came…”

Politics

“There is a time for everything,” says Solomon, the wise author of Ecclesiastes. Are we mindful enough of when it is necessary and right to proclaim justice on behalf of ...

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