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ifeminists
December 21, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
Campus Conscience Police? A new Guide -- the fifth in a series of ideological survival manuals for American college students -- describes both the manner in which the right of conscience is being attacked on campus and how the tide is turning toward individual rights.   |
ifeminists
April 13, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
Understanding Sexual Harassment With all the "guidance" offered by lawsuits, feminist theorists, government agencies, and privately drafted policies, a question about sexual harassment still remains: what is it? |
ifeminists
July 27, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
On Campus, Only Some Free Speech Protected Even in a workplace, it is ridiculous to conclude that a one-time e-mail constitutes unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is especially ridiculous to apply such a policy to a working student at an institution of higher education that has a special responsibility to ensure academic freedom. |
Reason
July 2004
Cathy Young |
Under the Radar On campuses across America, the censorship of speech and ideas in the name of sensitivity continues unabated. |
ifeminists
November 25, 2003
Thor L. Halvorssen |
Religious Liberty in Peril on Campus, National Surveys Reveal; Administrators, Students Ignorant of the Most Fundamental Rights According to two recent surveys, college students are very uninformed about the religious freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. |
Reason
May 2001
Loren Lomasky |
Talking the Talk Have universities lost sight of why they exist? |
ifeminists
September 9, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
The Personal Is Personal What does "the Personal is Political" mean? The theory underlying the motto is that all actions and attitudes, however personal they may seem, have political significance and impact society. This is the stripped-down core of political correctness. |
Reason
January 2001
Cathy Young |
God Talk The First Amendment vs. freedom of speech... |
Reason
September 2006
Cathy Young |
Too Diverse to Be 'Diversity' Academic discourse surely needs fewer taboos, not more: Instead of closing off all debate on homosexuality, reopen more debate on other contentious issues. |
ifeminists
July 29, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
University Students Deserve Human Rights This September, make sure the students you care for pack protection of their civil liberties in with clothing and reference books. This is essential for students who are male, white, conservative, openly Christian, or from affluent families. |
ifeminists
July 8, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
The PCspeak of Diversity The U.S. Supreme Court's ambiguous affirmative-action decision might seem to encourage open discussion but political correctness sometimes seems determined that debate will not occur. PCspeak, like Newspeak in George Orwell's classic novel 1984, forms an effective barrier. |
Reason
July 2009 |
Freeing Harvard Harvey Silverglate, civil liberties lawyer and co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is running for a seat on Harvard's Board of Overseers. |
ifeminists
July 6, 2005
Carey Roberts |
Independence Day 2005: Lessons for Leftists Deploring a "long train of abuses and usurpations," the Declaration contains a list of particulars that remarkably foreshadows many of the flash-points our nation faces in 2005. |
ifeminists
October 6, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Individual Rights vs. Identity Politics American identity politics says that women and men do not share a similar interest in freedom of speech. Only if you advocate group rights and reject individual ones does it make sense to cry out for sexual solidarity in voting. |
Reason
October 2004
David Weigel |
Welcome to the Fun-Free University Even when they're not keeping their borders sealed tight, college administrators have been adopting harsh measures in response to unapproved student behavior. |
Reason
January 2003
Cathy Young |
Man Trouble What does male-on-male sexual harassment mean for discrimination law? |
Reason
March 2002
Cathy Young |
Windbags of War Even after September 11, left-wing McCarthyism persists on American campuses... |
Reason
October 2004
Julian Sanchez |
Data: Second-Guessing the First Amendment Surveys show Americans seem to be more fond of free speech in the abstract than in specific instances. |
Salon.com
May 21, 2001
David Horowitz |
The triumph of "multicultural" thugs The physical assault on Ann Coulter at Cornell proves that fascism is alive and well on U.S. campuses... |
ifeminists
April 6, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
On Campus, Free Speech at Odds With Tax Funding The clashing of freedom of speech with tax funding sparks First Amendment debates on college campuses. The controversy is highlighted by a case where a male student was barred from a feminist event on a state campus. |
ifeminists
October 15, 2002
Wendy McElroy |
Purging the Political Correctness Within Civil society should respect the individual and acknowledges the existence of honest disagreement between human beings of good will. But getting there means rooting out not only the ideology of political correctness but also the attitudes many of us have adopted by osmosis from our culture. |
Information Today
October 6, 2015
George H. Pike |
The Legal Implications of Banned Books Week The American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read by drawing attention to attempts to censor reading materials in public, school, and academic libraries. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
When Does Hate Speech Cross The Line On Social Media? Facebook, Twitter and other private companies aren't subject to laws that protect people from government interference in free speech, but they've borrowed some of the same theoretical frameworks. |
InternetNews
January 22, 2010
David Needle |
China Pushes Back on Clinton's Internet Speech Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call for greater Internet freedom got an unhappy response from China. |
ifeminists
January 28, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
There Ought Not to Be a Law On most of the issues I address, my underlying message is "there ought not to be a law." This is because the issues involve personal ethics, not public policy. |
Job Journal
September 12, 2004
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Wal-Mart Case an Eye-Opener The nation's largest workplace sex-discrimination case is supposed to be about 1.6 million women who work for, or used to work for, Wal-Mart. But it's really is about something much bigger. |
Job Journal
January 4, 2009
Harriet Hankin |
The Strength of Our Diversity Socially and economically, California's rich mix of cultural differences is as good as gold. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
4 Steps: Give An Impromptu Speech Because an impromptu speech is unexpected, and because it will likely only last a few minutes, your more reasonable goal -- and the one we've aimed for in the following steps -- is to get the speech done without embarrassing yourself. |
Reason
December 2003
Rachel Alembakis |
Dueling Discriminations: Religion vs. gender Can a handshake be grounds for a lawsuit? Perhaps, under a European Union directive passed in 2000 requiring member states to crack down on workplace discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, and religion. |
ifeminists
October 7, 2003
Thor L. Halvorssen |
University of Alabama Drops Censorship Policy The administration of the University of Alabama has "indefinitely" tabled a policy outlawing all window displays in student dormitories. The policy was issued after a student was ordered to remove a confederate flag from the door of his dorm room. |
Reason
February 2003
Jesse Walker |
Zoning Speech Apparently, when George W. Bush comes to town, the right of free assembly gets suspended. |
PC World
December 2, 2002
Michelle Madigan |
Internet Hate-Speech Ban Called 'Chilling' Council of Europe's Internet restrictions raise uneasy questions about civil rights online. |
ifeminists
February 11, 2003
Ollivia M. Sexton |
Up Close & Personal with Grutter Yes, we need to find a way to allow students equal access to university educations. Yes, we need to work against an oppressive past which has hindered much of our population. Yes, we need to encourage diversity. No, allowing discrimination is not the answer. |
