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Students on campus at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Sept. 29, 2020.

Commentary: Free speech and college campuses: Why are students censoring themselves, and will Joe Biden help?

November 13, 2020 at 12:44 p.m.

In his fiery first speech after becoming the presumptive president-elect, Joe Biden called on Americans to turn down the heat. "It is time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in an interview during a luncheon at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University in in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2015.

Commentary: Ruth Bader Ginsburg practiced anti-cancel culture

September 21, 2020 at 5:39 p.m.

In 2015, at a Harvard University luncheon held in her honor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was asked what advice she would give young women today. "Fight for things you care about,"...

The New York Times building, on 8th Avenue in Manhattan, Feb. 8, 2020. Executives at The New York Times scrambled to address the concerns of employees and readers who were angered by the newspaper's publication of an opinion essay by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) calling for the federal government to send the military to suppress protests against police violence in American cities.

Commentary: When the Twitter mob takes on George Floyd, Tom Cotton and police power, we all lose

June 9, 2020 at 5:59 p.m.

Last week gave us more reason to believe that our president is an illiberal authoritarian, much like Vladimir Putin and the other overseas autocrats he admires. Faced with massive protests...

President Donald Trump leaves after a ceremony celebrating West Point's football team in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 6, 2019.

Hey, Hey, My, My. What Neil Young can teach us about Donald Trump

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

For the past several months, I've been playing a parlor game with my mostly liberal friends and family. If you had 15 minutes alone with Donald Trump, what would you...

When you go shopping, give thought to Tibet

December 23, 2018 at 11:04 p.m.

In the early 1980s, as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal, I wore a "Free Tibet" patch on my backpack. Two summers ago, when I returned to my old Nepalese...

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