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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.
The worst serial killer in Canadian history was a British Columbia pig farmer named Robert Pickton. During the 1990s, he…
There’s a certain kind of book that doesn’t excite my interest in newly published form, but which I will hungrily…
In early March 2026, Germany’s four leading business associations—representing employers, industry, trade, and crafts—issued a joint warning to Chancellor Friedrich…
For years, Wikipedia has been one of the informational backbones of the internet. With over seven million articles in the…
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In March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) issued its report finding glyphosate—the active ingredient in the…
Anyone following the discourse around today’s higher-education wars may notice a curious paradox. Critics who accuse academia of being politicised…
This week, we’re going to be talking about Israel—which is sometimes a subject I try to avoid—not because I don’t…
I.Éric Rohmer’s Perceval le Gallois (Perceval the Welshman, 1978), about a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, is probably the…
On March 26, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced a new policy that ensures female Olympic sports categories will be…
On 28 March, around 50,000 people, according to figures provided by the police, marched through central London against what they…
I’m an English professor with an interest in computers. When the first AI chatbots came out a few years ago,…