Debates
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.
I’m an English professor with an interest in computers. When the first AI chatbots came out a few years ago,…
Every communist state in history has either collapsed, reformed into something unrecognisable, or survived only through external life support. The…
I was always gifted in a few specific domains. I started to speak very late, but almost immediately in complete…
On Monday 26 June 2023, in a soulless corporate boardroom in Kensington, I listened to Israeli commentator Ehud Yaari deliver…
It is not normal to hear objections raised when universities award honorary doctoral degrees. The distinction, often conferred at happy…
I travel a lot, and this is one of my dad’s favourite things to brag about over coffee with his…
Tariq Ramadan is either a predatory manipulator who belongs behind bars or a calm voice of reason victimised by a…
Freya India’s recent book, GIRLS®: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, relates the struggles of young women growing up…
A review of End of Days: Ruby Ridge, The Apocalypse and the Unmaking of America by Chris Jennings; 384 pages;…
By now, many readers—even those who don’t know (or care) about Canadian politics—will have seen the excruciating video highlights from…
Last year, Luc Besson’s Dracula: A Love Tale arrived in cinemas wrapped in claims of fidelity to Bram Stoker’s 1897…
I.On 20 March 2026, Counsellor Pierre Thiriar in the Antwerp Court of Appeals published an opinion piece in which he…
