Case in Point Jan/Feb 2024
“Speech Climate” On Campuses Declines Recent clashes between pro-Palestinian students and those supporting Israel—as well as a sharp increase in reports of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia on American college and university campuses—are fueling a national debate about free speech. But according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), on-campus free speech problems were already…
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Louisiana’s “In God We Trust” law tests the limits of religion in public schools. When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to post “In God We Trust” in every classroom—from elementary school to college—the author of the bill claimed to be following a long-held tradition of displaying the national motto, most…
Read MoreBack to the Future of Discovery
Fifteenth-century European geopolitics and a long-overdue conversation. We were just boys doing boy stuff. We crossed the country highway to each other’s front yards. We rode bikes together. We ran around with our dogs through the fields and woods around our homes. We played with magical sticks that morphed into swords, spears, guns, and whatever…
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