For sixty years, the Supreme Court has required “public figures” to prove that a media outlet acted with “actual malice”— that is, intent to publish false information or reckless disregard for publishing it — in order to recover damages for…

Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen was twice acquitted of hate speech charges for expressing a biblical view of marriage. She will now be dragged back to court after state prosecutors appealed the decision, according to a statement Friday from…

There aren’t many platforms left on the internet that protect free speech and encourage the exchange of ideas. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have all de-platformed and demonetized users they believe hold extremist views, so when the…

The new government of Poland ran an election campaign touting the “rule of law” and antidotes to “democratic backsliding.” It was enough to win — or, at least, not to lose. As no major parliamentary ally was willing to help…

On August 12, 2022, a 24-year-old California-born Islamist named Hadi Matar rushed the stage of the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York where novelist Salman Rushdie was about to speak, stabbing Rushdie ten times, in the chest, neck, stomach, thigh…

The federal government’s informal censorship campaigns against Americans’ online speech have justifiably ignited public outrage. Extensive reporting, as well as a lawsuit now before the Supreme Court, have revealed that the federal government cajoled and coordinated with social-media platforms to…

Good news on the religious-liberty front from Finland: it is not a hate crime to quote the Bible’s views on homosexuality and marriage. As outrageous as it sounds, the top prosecutor of that Nordic country wanted to make it so,…

Over the years I’ve had many hard things to say about the ambience of wealth and ambition at Princeton University, my alma mater, and about the school’s abandonment of its once coherent curriculum in favor of vague “area requirements.” One…

I had an interesting weekend. I spent most of it in Chicago, a city where I hadn’t spent much time before. Prior to Friday, I’d only been in O’Hare International Airport, not Chicago itself, but after Friday I can count…

Our founding fathers separated from England because their God-given rights were being trampled by an imperious king. Read all about it in the Declaration of Independence. And when you’re done, send a copy to federal Judge Tanya Chutkan. She imposed…