Freedom IndexDebates
Debates showcases discussions and arguments around controversial issues in free speech and censorship. From academic debates to public discourse, this category highlights contrasting perspectives on where to draw the line between expression, safety, and regulation.
Media outlets were ablaze. It was, in the judgement of Thomas Friedman, “the most significant encounter between American and Chinese…
In Goethe’s poem Der Zauberlehrling, an apprentice, left alone in his master’s workshop, decides to try his hand at the…
Nicholas Kristof’s recent New York Times essay “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” displays a corruption in the…
When I introduced myself to the fourth-graders that morning, I said, “Hi, I’m Dr. Lynch.” Not Mr. Lynch. Not the…
A review of The American Edge: The Military Tech Nexus and the Sources of Great Power Dominance by Seth G. Jones;…
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) based in Lyon, France, is a highly regarded branch of the World…
On April 25, a man armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and knives charged through a security gate and was apprehended by Secret Service agents before he could…
On 29 April, two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green. Their assailant was a British-Somali man, Essa Suleiman, who…
Anyone who makes a regular habit of reading my Quillette columns knows all about the “unmarked graves” social panic that…
In 1976, Peter Frampton was a guitar player who was respected among his more popular peers despite having enjoyed no…
If the treatment of gender dysphoric youth were treated like any other medical topic, there would be little controversy about…
In July 1998, the Rome Statute created the legal basis for the International Criminal Court (ICC), a body designed to…