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Marriage is Wonderful (He Said Controversially)
The New York Times semi-retracts a 2015 celebration of marriage
The New York Times just greeted readers with the following headline, as part of a series asking writers to “revisit previously published guest essays”:
Free Speech Discussion: A Recording of an Interview With Russian Journalist Dimitri Simes
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Live Free Speech Discussion, 2:00 PM ET Today: Interview With Russian Journalist Dimitri Simes
Racket readers should recall an interview published in this space in March with Dimitri Simes, a prominent Russian journalist who in August of 2024 became inveigled in one of the strangest and most disturbing speech cases of our times. Whil...
Listen to This Article: Trump is Wrong on Speech. Don’t Forget the Backstory
Narrated Version (8 mins) | This administration’s speech messes have become an excuse to whitewash history
This administration’s speech messes have become an excuse to whitewash history
Note on Trump and the First Amendment
A lot of people wrote in, both in comments and in my DMs, after yesterday’s article criticizing Donald Trump’s goofball policies with White House credentials. It’s true that no one has a right to a press pass. It’s also true that presidents...
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