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Why did Princeton fire Joshua Katz?

John Fea   |  May 25, 2022

Princeton University just fired a tenured classic professor. Read about it here. And now read Katz’s view of his firing at The Wall Street Journal: Nearly two years ago, I wrote in these pages, “I survived cancellation at Princeton.” I was...

Charlie Kirk is not the only one creating watchlists and encouraging students to record their teachers. Putin is also doing it.

John Fea   |  April 10, 2022

Charlie Kirk and his gang at Turning Point USA are not the only ones encouraging students to record teachers and create watchlists of unpatriotic educators . So is Vladimir Putin and his Russian henchmen. Here is Jeanne Whalen at The...

A conservative academic changes his mind about safe spaces

John Fea   |  April 8, 2022

Here is Jon Shields of Claremont-McKenna College: Like other conservative professors who are advocates of free speech on campus, I once opposed efforts to create a classroom climate in which students are protected from speech they find emotionally upsetting, ranging...

The Author’s Corner with Kristin A. Olbertson

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 27, 2022

Kristin A. Olbertson is Associate Professor of History and Pre-Law Program Coordinator at Alma College. This interview is based on her new book, The Dreadful Word: Speech Crime and Polite Gentlemen in Massachusetts, 1690–1776 (Cambridge University Press, 2022). JF: What...

Does America have a free speech problem?

John Fea   |  March 19, 2022

The editorial board of The New York Times thinks so. Here is a taste of yesterday’s editorial: For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free...

A University of Virginia student on the lack of intellectual diversity in American higher education

John Fea   |  March 8, 2022

Emma Camp is just one voice at one school–the University of Virginia. I am sure campus progressives–students and especially faculty members–will dismiss her recent New York Times op-ed. When this post hits my Facebook page, I imagine a few academics...

Will Christian colleges and universities survive?

John Fea   |  January 19, 2022

There is A LOT to consider in Catholic moral philosopher Charles Camosy‘s recent piece at America. Here is a section that got my attention: As institutions’ connections to Christianity become frayed, other ideologies have gained ground. Too often, Christian values...

Why the ACLU supports the flying of a Christian flag in front of Boston’s City Hall

John Fea   |  January 17, 2022

Here is David Cole of the American Civil Liberties Union: The ACLU has long fought to enforce the separation of church and state. We were the plaintiff in both Allegheny County v. ACLU and McCreary County v. ACLU, in which the Supreme Court held...

The history behind *Harper’s* “Letter on Justice and Open Debate”

John Fea   |  March 29, 2021

Signers of the letter included Anne Applebaum, Margaret Atwood, David Blight, David Brooks, Noam Chomsky, Gerald Early, David Frum, Francis Fukuyama, Todd Gitlin, Anthony Grafton, David Greenberg, Jonathan Haidt, Michael Ignatieff, Gary Kasparov, Mark Lilla, Damon Linker, Dahlia Lithwick, Greil...

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