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.
A review of Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours by Peter S. Onuf and Francis D.…
Imagine a city where racism doesn’t exist. There is no social hierarchy. It is a utopia of equality and diversity—the…
In the climax of Steven Spielberg’s new film, Disclosure Day, a Kansas City weatherwoman played by Emily Blunt seizes control…
A review of Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by JD Vance; 288 pages; HarperCollins: New York (June 2026)The…
On 6 June, a play that has been decried as too “toxic” and “problematic” for the age of #MeToo ended…
Letters to the Editor Replies to Jonathan Kay and Maarten Boudry. Read the full article here
It’s fitting that the embattled Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom almost exactly a decade after…
Did the humanities go woke because they went broke? That scenario has become one of the more persuasive explanations for the present…
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a piece originally published in Dutch in de Volkskrant.Here is a trivia question:…
In the history of the sciences, in history tout court, few books have dropped with greater thunder or left a greater…
The latest and most fearsome round of fighting in the long shadow war with the Islamic Republic of Iran is…
Our rockets can find Halley’s Comet and reach Venus.But our fridges don’t work. ~Mikhail Gorbachev In the hills of northeast…