Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.~Robert Frost In his 1949 book The…
A judge in England sentenced John Hamilton, a former Northumbria police detective constable, to 18 months in prison for sending…
I vividly recall a meeting of our philosophy department a few years ago when a student representative—or perhaps a young…
There are scandals that expose corruption, and there are scandals that expose temperament. The Chomsky–Epstein affair belongs in the second…
I’ve been giving more thought to the Clean Power Plan leak. I keep coming back to the fact that this…
That’s the opening line from yesterday’s Oregon v. Kennedy, by Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (D. Or.) (the only federal judge I’ve…
In brief Aave users struggled to withdraw funds from Aave after attackers borrowed with stolen rsETH on the platform, spiking…
In late April and May, I will be doing multiple speaking engagements in Spain and Italy. Several of these events…
For many years, the idea that publicly traded corporations might buy Bitcoin for their reserves was considered laughable. The top…
In brief Adobe data shows AI-driven shopping traffic surging into the mainstream. AI-assisted shoppers now outperform traditional retail consumers. Report…
Long-time readers may remember a series of posts I wrote circa 2020 about the conflicts between Chief Justice Roberts and…
One of the most persistent and misleading fallacies in politics is that successive presidents represent a clear and decisive change…