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‘War On Words’ LIVE! w/ Nadine Strossen

‘The War On Words’ is out on Kindle! My TED Talk debuts! FIRE to court: ‘1A protects AI speech,’ & more!

My TED Talk is out today!

UK judge victim-blames assaulted Quran-burner, the 'Perfect Rhetorical Fortress' at the Harvard Law Review, & more!

We should be building Scientist AI, not Skynet Lite

Jamie Kirchick on gay rights & free speech; Robert Shibley asks, “Is Harvard Doomed?”; FIRE launches ‘Expression’, and more!

Is Harvard Doomed?

Première édition de Substack Live d’ERI: AMA

AdGo & I prepare to go LIVE!, I debunk the 'Constitution is not a suicide pact’ argument, the free speech battle over AI continues, & more!

Join Adam Goldstein and me for our first ERI Substack Live!

No, the Constitution is not a suicide pact — but it’s also not a blank check for panic

I’m back in The Atlantic, I get philosophical about ‘The War On Words,’ I go LIVE with Garry Kasparov, & more!

Live with Garry Kasparov

Is courage of your convictions good if your convictions suck? Can Trump ban foreign students from Harvard? Will Charles Negy get his day in court? All answered and more!

Will AI Kill Our Freedom To Think?

FIRE & Cosmos announce $1m in grants to back free speech-friendly AI, FIRE launches ‘Students Under Fire’ database, & more!

Trump vs. Law Firms

Defending perennial underdog … Harvard, AdGo & I solve the campus free speech crisis, Rikki & I talk ‘Canceling’ paperback, & more!

FIRE opposes unlawful detainment of Rümeysa Öztürk, TX tries to criminalize memes, FIRE victory in TN, & more!

Cancel Culture vs. McCarthyism: the data is in

The Harvard Saga continues, Europe triples down on censorship, FIRE messes with Texas, coercion at Columbia, & more!

Harvard in the Crosshairs

VIDEO RICH EDITION: Harvard bucks Trump, AdGo & I contribute to ‘The Free Inquiry Papers,’ & more!

Check me and AdGo out in ‘The Free Inquiry Papers,’ available tomorrow!

Yours truly @TED2025, VICTORY @UW, & more!

Rikki on Real Time, the fight over AI regulation continues, ‘Canceling’ in paperback, & more!

How state AI regulations threaten innovation, free speech, and knowledge creation

FIRE & Substack issue joint-statement in response to detainment of Tufts student-journalist, Allison Pillinger Choi’s Harvard bid, ERI’s first-ever guest-post, & more!

Why censorship is making us all dumber

FIRE & co. file amicus brief against deportation of Khalil, ‘Canceling’ paperback hits shelves April 29, & more!

The misinformation crisis isn’t about truth, it’s about trust

Maine bars state legislator from voting or speaking in trans athlete row, FIRE tells NIH not to pull funding based on Rankings, Victories in the 9th Circuit & TN, & more!

Five things to remember as the Mahmoud Khalil case develops

Talking Trump and free speech for UnHerd, FIRE sues Texas A&M for censoring drag, TIME gets our College Free Speech Rankings wrong, & more!

No More ‘Trust us, we’re the administrators!’

In the WSJ about Trump & the AP, the Weimar Fallacy strikes back, VICTORY in Mississippi, re-upping the Cali DEI case, & more!

The ‘Stop WOKE Act’ was big news. California DEI should have been too.

AI regulation looms in the U.S., free speech crises in Europe, confiscated art in Texas, the ‘Coddling’ documentary turns one, & more!

More tips for being non-partisan in a partisan age

FIRE has a bone to pick with Tennessee town, Vance on free speech in Europe, 'Gulf o’ ‘Merica' or else AP!, more bad AI bills, & more!

The Unholy Alliance: How college administrators and students unite to silence speakers

A chaos tornado comes to Washington, Paramount mustn’t cave to Trump, a plea for institutional modesty, Justin Amash joins FIRE’s Advisory Council, & more!

Kimberly Diei wins big, executive orders of magnitude, & more!

Institutional decay, Henry VIII’s big fat libido, and the eternally radical idea

The ‘bias response’ pipeline that starts in college ends in gov’t, Yours truly writes President Trump, & more!

Bias reporting systems were a nightmare on campus — and now they’re everywhere

My Letter to the Incoming President

FIRE’s 2nd-annual high school Free Speech Forum, SCOTUS upholds TikTok ban, & more!

FIRE backs pollster in Trump lawsuit, Meta tosses fact-checkers, Pinker's classic ‘The Blank Slate’ is Book of the Month, & more!

METACOMMENTARY: Why Meta’s move to community notes is good

Escaping the AI Guilt Trap in Texas

Cracks in the Ivory Tower (& other reasons for hope in 2025), AI regulation, my talk with Spiked, & more!