Unlearning Liberty http://www.unlearningliberty.com Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Greg Featured as the Lead Op-Ed in Today’s ‘Wall Street Journal’ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-featured-as-the-lead-op-ed-in-todays-wall-street-journal/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-featured-as-the-lead-op-ed-in-todays-wall-street-journal/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:06:28 +0000 Pierce Babirak http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=346 Today’s Wall Street Journal features FIRE President Greg Lukianoff as the lead op-ed. Greg details the disastrous and unconstitutional federal “blueprint” for speech codes set forth last week by the Departments of Justice and Education. In the article, Greg points … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-featured-as-the-lead-op-ed-in-todays-wall-street-journal/feed/ 0 ‘Unlearning Liberty’ Highlighted In Philadelphia Magazine http://www.unlearningliberty.com/unlearning-liberty-highlighted-in-philadelphia-magazine/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/unlearning-liberty-highlighted-in-philadelphia-magazine/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 16:22:48 +0000 Pierce Babirak http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=341 Sandy Hingston, Senior Editor at Philadelphia Magazine, recently wrote an article chronicling the past 20 years of political correctness on today’s college campuses. Hingston deftly examines the broader anti-free speech trends by sampling from a range of cases and prominently … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.unlearningliberty.com/unlearning-liberty-highlighted-in-philadelphia-magazine/feed/ 0 FIRE President and Vice President Propose ‘6 Ways to Defeat Campus Censors’ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/fire-president-and-vice-president-propose-6-ways-to-defeat-campus-censors/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/fire-president-and-vice-president-propose-6-ways-to-defeat-campus-censors/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:08:55 +0000 Pierce Babirak http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=336 Recently, over at the Manhattan Institute’s higher ed policy center, Minding the Campus, FIRE President Greg Lukianoff and Senior Vice President Robert Shibley discuss “6 Ways to Defeat Campus Censors.” They suggest that possible solutions may include forcing all colleges … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.unlearningliberty.com/fire-president-and-vice-president-propose-6-ways-to-defeat-campus-censors/feed/ 0 ‘The Humanist’ Magazine Interviews Greg http://www.unlearningliberty.com/the-humanist-magazine-interviews-greg/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/the-humanist-magazine-interviews-greg/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:02:04 +0000 Pierce Babirak http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=332 The Humanist Magazine interviews FIRE President Greg Lukianoff about ‘Unlearning Liberty‘ in its May/June volume. In this extensive interview, Greg unpacks the major themes of the book. Here is a preview: The Humanist: One of the things you lament in … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.unlearningliberty.com/lukianoff-the-victorians-are-back/feed/ 0 Lukianoff and Christakis to Students: Use Your Words! http://www.unlearningliberty.com/lukianoff-and-christakis-to-students-use-your-words/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/lukianoff-and-christakis-to-students-use-your-words/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:38:10 +0000 Pierce Babirak http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=324 Greg writes in The Huffington Post a response to Erika Christakis’s recent observations about college and university students’ increasing reluctance to push back against statements or ideas with which they disagree. When we refuse to even have conversations on divisive … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.unlearningliberty.com/lukianoff-and-christakis-to-students-use-your-words/feed/ 1 Greg Weighs in on Twitter and Free Speech for CNET http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-weighs-in-on-twitter-and-free-speech-for-cnet/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-weighs-in-on-twitter-and-free-speech-for-cnet/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:27:35 +0000 Pierce Babirak http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=320 FIRE President Greg Lukianoff was featured on CNET commenting on a French lawsuit filed against the social media giant Twitter. Student groups in France upset over recent anti-Semitic tweets are seeking to punish Twitter under French hate speech laws. However, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-weighs-in-on-twitter-and-free-speech-for-cnet/feed/ 0 Greg Reviews Emily Bazelon’s New Book on Bullying, ‘Sticks and Stones’ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-reviews-emily-bazelons-new-book-on-bullying-sticks-and-stones/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-reviews-emily-bazelons-new-book-on-bullying-sticks-and-stones/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:21:01 +0000 Pierce Babirak http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=312 Recently featured on The Huffington Post is FIRE President Greg Lukianoff’s review of Slate Senior Editor Emily Bazelon’s new book, Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. Overall, Greg offers high … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.unlearningliberty.com/greg-reviews-emily-bazelons-new-book-on-bullying-sticks-and-stones/feed/ 0 ‘Unlearning Liberty’ Featured as This Week’s ACS ‘Book Talk’ Selection http://www.unlearningliberty.com/unlearning-liberty-featured-as-this-weeks-acs-book-talk-selection/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/unlearning-liberty-featured-as-this-weeks-acs-book-talk-selection/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:34:52 +0000 NicoPerrino http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=305 Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate was selected for this week’s “Book Talk” feature on the American Constitution Society’s (ACS’) website. As part of the feature, Greg wrote an article detailing some of the most memorable … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.unlearningliberty.com/unlearning-liberty-featured-as-this-weeks-acs-book-talk-selection/feed/ 0 Hoover Institution: ‘Unlearning Liberty,’ ‘A Passionate Defense of the Value of Free Thought and Expression’ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/hoover-institution-unlearning-liberty-a-passionate-defense-of-the-value-of-free-thought-and-expression/ http://www.unlearningliberty.com/hoover-institution-unlearning-liberty-a-passionate-defense-of-the-value-of-free-thought-and-expression/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:36:29 +0000 NicoPerrino http://www.unlearningliberty.com/?p=301 The Hoover Institution’s journal, Defining Ideas, offered a ringing endorsement of Greg’s book, Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate, in a recent review: His lively book is at once a relentless exposure of the intellectual intolerance … Continue reading →

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