The things you can’t say on broadcast television have evolved well beyond George Carlin’s obscenity-laced “Seven Dirty Words.” But even in an era of prediction markets, who would have bet the list of ...

Remember Will McAvoy’s three-minute rant to the sorority girl when he was asked about why America is considered the greatest country in the world? For those who are unversed with that rant, here is ...

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, untethered by government, in addition to freedom of the press. Yet our ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In America, freedom of speech has always been one of our most cherished ...

There is an urgent, nagging and ever-louder question that is the backdrop to nearly every story in the news of our day. How can free speech in America — the hallmark that has defined our national ...

For a vivid picture of what’s happening to free speech on America’s college campuses, look no further than the University at Buffalo, where the ideal of higher education as a “marketplace of ideas” is ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sheldon H. Jacobson, Ph.D., is a professor of computer science in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has researched risk-based ...