Cal State - Fresno professor Bruce Thornton reviews Greg Lukianoff's book Unlearning Liberty in this Hoover Institution essay. He agrees with Lukianoff that we are squelching the source of intellectual vitality with speech codes and other policies that make it dangerous for students and faculty members to speak their minds lest they offend any group that has been deemed "protected."
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Disparate impact theory is on the Trump administration’s chopping block, signaling a move away from discriminatory government policy practices....
March 3, 2026
The U.S. strike on Iran and the foreign funding shaping how universities respond to it....
March 11, 2026
Trump’s EOs and the Supreme Court make DEI illegal—but colleges keep rebranding it to dodge the law....
May 15, 2015
A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....
February 21, 2014
Is art worth dying for? The Monuments Men considers the value of good art and its purpose in preserving a cultural heritage....
October 17, 2018
William Young finds much to praise in the hit musical....
