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We argue about campus free speech because we forget what the university is for

The combination of highly visible protests combined with the varying university responses has lately reignited the debate over free speech on campus. Longstanding opponents of free speech have suddenly declared its importance, and have noticed how recent ideas about how to erode cultural and jurisprudential free speech norms might actually be used for ill — […]

Trump uses CNN commentator to argue he should be found not guilty

Former President Trump on Thursday pointed to recent comments by a CNN legal analyst to strengthen his argument that he should not be found guilty in his hush money trial in New York. Speaking to reporters after his day in court, Trump listed a series of news organizations and their respective analysts who had expressed […]

NYC commuter discounts should extend outside five boroughs, pols argue

Two congressmen representing the Big Apple’s northern suburbs are asking the MTA to expand its congestion pricing program, which discounts rides on the Metro-North and Long Island Railroad. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-Ulster) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-Rockland) sent a letter to MTA Chairman Jano Lieber on Tuesday asking for a temporary transit discount program that […]

Leftists argue ‘rest in power’ for black people only after it’s used for white airman who set himself on fire. Backlash is brutal.

Aaron Bushnell, 25, an active-duty US Air Force member, has died after self-immolating outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. while shouting “Liberate Palestine!” Awakened social media users flooded the X platform with tributes to Bushnell, punctuated by the words “Rest in Peace” instead of the traditional “Rest in Peace.” For example, Green Party presidential […]