Category: Free Speech
University of Chicago President Decries “Efforts to Suppress Discussion of Charles Darwin’s Work”
Someone finally decided to stand up and defend freedom of speech as a defining principle of education.
Scientism, Values, and the Public Interest
One cannot use scientific reasoning to arrive at values.
Criminal Prosecution as a Cudgel Against Dissenters
The Planned Parenthood prosecution of David Daleiden and a colleague was a particularly egregious example of this authoritarianism.
Perfect Illustration of Why We Need Undeniable
Did any religious body ever insist more completely on placing blind faith in the doctors of the church?
“Anti-Science” Is Increasingly Turned Against Its Creators
The “anti-science” label is like Frankenstein’s monster.
Evolution’s Enforcers Are Waaaaay Out of Step with Public Opinion
The bullies may fully reign on campuses, but only there.
Scientists Versus the Public on Airing Scientific Dissent
A biologist suggests that the upcoming Royal Society meeting might well be canceled rather than open a “can of worms.”
For July 4 Weekend, Poll Shows Huge Support for Academic Freedom in Teaching, Research on Evolution
Demonized by the media, independence of thought on biological origins is backed overwhelmingly across the broadest spectrum of Americans.
For Lack of Self-Awareness, This Evolutionist Deserves (Another) Prize
Writing at Why Evolution Is True, Jerry Coyne fulminates in favor of…free speech? What — Jerry Coyne?
From Political Scientist Jeff Sadow, Here’s Straight Talk on the Louisiana Science Education Act
It’s rare for the media to offer a fair view of academic freedom legislation, in any state.