Shouting “Fire” (when there is no fire)

 

Sources

Academic Freedom in Conformist Times (Spiked Review)

How ‘Safe Spaces’ Stifle Ideas (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Why Williams College’s President Canceled a Speech (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Victimhood Culture Explains What is Happening at Emory (Heterodox Academy)

In (Limited) Praise of Trigger Warnings (Pope Center)

 

Further Reading

How I would Have Handled John Derbyshire’s Appearance on Campus (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Supreme Court Strengthens Free-Speech Rights of Public Employees (LA Times)

A Lawsuit, Unmet Demands, and Coloring Books: Inside Duke’s Sit-In (Chronicle of Higher Education)

I was Disinvited on Campus (Wall Street Journal)

Inside How Missouri’s Leadership Scrambled to Quell a Campus Crisis (Chronicle of Higher Education)

University of Missouri Rejects Appeal by Professor After Protests (Wall Street Journal)

Read It and Weep (Financial Times)

Koch and Bloomberg: Why Free Speech Matters (Wall Street Journal)

Does Anybody Still Care about Free Speech? (Wall Street Journal)

Safe from “Safe Places” (New Criterion)