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The Grift at the Gate
The Grift Industrial Complex targeted Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—and got buried.
Jul 24
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Giancarlo Sopo
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Liberals Without Teeth
British liberals exclude reactionary cranks like Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur because they don’t have the stomach for a fight.
Jun 9
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Brian Stewart
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The Science Misinformation Gap
The transatlantic battle over social media and censorship.
May 11
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Jon Entine
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Can Blackface Be Anti-Racist?
In her early comedy career, Sarah Silverman mocked bigots by impersonating them. What could possibly go wrong?
Apr 22
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Jacques Berlinerblau
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Bertrand Russell’s Cancellation and the Ongoing Battle Over Campus Speech
How religious conservatives cancelled philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1940, sparking academic freedom debates that echo today.
Feb 23
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James Huffman
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Mobbed on Campus, Vindicated in Court
Four years after the University of Washington began investigating Stuart Reges for authoring a satirical ‘land acknowledgement,’ a court's upheld his…
Jan 31
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Stuart Reges
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A History of Morality Clauses
The century-old moral panics and persecutions by Anthony Comstock and the Society for the Suppression of Vice are echoed today by cancellation campaigns…
Jan 30
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E. Lily Yu
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Why Is Substack Caught Up in Australia’s Social Media Ban?
Australia’s under-16s social media ban has proven wildly popular among parents, but nevertheless it was ill conceived and comes with worrying…
Jan 29
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Dara Macdonald
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The Uninvited Sermon
Why artists, academics and others should not exploit the presence of a captive audience.
Jan 17
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Holly Lawford-Smith
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The New Information Wars
Generative AI, disinformation, and the dangerous temptation of benevolent censorship.
Dec 10, 2025
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John Aziz
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The New Speech Wars
At this year’s Global Free Speech Summit, there was a widespread sense that the US is at a perilous juncture.
Dec 1, 2025
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Cathy Young
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Artificial Barriers to Intelligence
How AI training produces evasion over engagement. By P. Stanley
Nov 17, 2025
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