Archive - The Eternally Radical Idea

‘Why Buddhism is True’ by Robert Wright wins this month’s Prestigious Ashurbanipal Book Award

And why social media as a meditative practice (maybe?) isn’t as dumb as it sounds

May 16 •

‘Certainty is the mind-killer’ & the story behind my first-ever commencement address

Bringing you the latest free speech news (5/11/24)

May 11 •

Campus Chaos: Navigating Free Speech, Unrest, and the Need for Reform in Higher Education

After decades of putting free speech on the back burner, colleges are reaping what they sowed

May 7 •

Campus protests again dominate the news! I agree with Chris Rufo on something (the Antisemitism Awareness Act)! & Sleigh Bells!

Bringing you the latest free speech news (5/5/24)

May 5 •

The skeptics were wrong, Part 3

Surveys on student attitudes toward free speech show alarming trends

May 1 •

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April 2024

A boring week in free speechery, on campus and beyond! (lol, no)

Bringing you the latest free speech news (4/28/2024)

Apr 28 •

‘Hypocrisy projection,’ civil disobedience at Columbia and beyond, and how Texas got it wrong

Eight key things to understand about the cacophony on campus

Apr 25 •

Rushdie Returns! Title IX Strikes Again! The Manchurian Undergraduate! And more!

Bringing you the latest free speech news (4/21/2024)

Apr 21 •

My big John Cleese release, Neil Howe talks “The Fourth Turning” & more!

Bringing you the latest free speech news (4/14/2024)

Apr 13 •

My First Amendment concerns with ‘The Anxious Generation’

I love and respect my friend and co-author Jonathan Haidt, but I don’t always agree with him.

Apr 10 •

‘UnHerd’ of levels of deplatforming, Taiwan models how to combat misinfo without censorship & more!

Bringing you the latest free speech news (4/7/2024)

Apr 6 •

'The Revolt of the Public' is April’s Prestigious Ashurbanipal Award winner

Our media revolution has only been able to tear things down. We need to learn how to build.

Apr 3 •

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