Freedom IndexOpinions
Opinions features commentary, analysis, and perspectives on the state of free speech, censorship, and digital rights. This category offers a platform for diverse voices to debate and reflect on pressing issues shaping the future of open expression.
Twenty years ago, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the draft text of a document known as the “Declaration…
The world cannot be safe until China changes.~Richard Nixon, 1967 In his history/memoir On China, Henry Kissinger provides a telling…
A review of Recession: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It by Tyler Goodspeed, 320 pages,…
On Saturday 26 April 1986, at 1:23 a.m., a safety test at Chernobyl’s nuclear power plant spiralled out of control.…
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A review of Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs by Antony Beevor; 384 pages; Weidenfeld & Nicolson (March 2026)In the…
“Artists given complete freedom die a horrible death. So, when you tell them what they can’t do, they get creative…
Podcast Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Michael Shermer, the author of a number of works on critical thinking, epistemology,…
On the eve of last year’s Earth Day, Denis Hayes—one of the original organisers of the first such event—declared:The world…
During an appearance on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien in 2001, Sarah Silverman expounded on her unique strategy for…
This week on the Quillette podcast, I’ll be interviewing the director of Speechless, which is a great new two-part documentary…