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Fierce campus debates swirl around the Israel-Hamas war. One of them is a debate about the extent of free speech. Should there be any restrictions on those protesting Israel’s military actions or its right to exist?

By: Kayla Bartsch – nationalreview.com – May 2, 2024 Real protest assumes real stakes. For the few voices crying, “These kids might be dumb, but doesn’t anyone believe in freedom of speech anymore?!” — there is a stark contrast between a student rally and a days-long encampment that’s so disruptive it shuts down in-person classes, results in violent riots, and…

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – May 2, 2024 A website reveals the planning and strategy behind the current college mayhem. The recent anti-Israel protests are often portrayed as a spontaneous uprising of student indignation against the Gaza war. But we’re learning that behind the young idealists is an organized movement of leftists who want to spread disorder and…

Statement Regarding Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Washington, D.C.—The following statement regarding Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke may be attributed to Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel for First Liberty Institute: The job of fairly enforcing […]

Hear from our President, CEO & Chief Counsel Kelly Shackelford on the importance of people of faith getting out to vote.

By: John R. Lott Jr. – wsj.com – April 24, 2024 Americans think crime is on the rise, but the media keep telling them they’re wrong. A Gallup survey last year found that 92% of Republicans and 58% of Democrats thought crime was increasing. A February Rasmussen Reports survey found that 61% of likely voters say violent crime in the…

By: Brad Raffensperger – wsj.com – April 30, 2024 I believe American citizens should decide American elections. A majority of voters on both sides of the aisle agree. Unfortunately, a small cohort of liberal activists is intent on making noncitizen voting a reality. Progressives have pushed for such measures in California, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Vermont and New York….

President Joe Biden says, “I know how to make government work!” You’d think he’d know. He’s worked in government for 51 years. But the truth is, no one can make government work.

By: Zach Kessel – nationalreview.com – May 1, 2024 After Northwestern University president Michael Schill announced a set of concessions to encampment organizers Monday that included pledging to implement full-ride scholarships for Palestinian students and faculty positions for Palestinian academics, several organizations have called for Schill’s resignation. ——————– In a joint statement published Tuesday, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Brandeis…

By: Ryan Mills – nationalreview.com – April 30, 2024 In one neighborhood, a homeless man on a skateboard chased people with a chainsaw. Others threatened residents with guns and attacked them with knives, garden shears, and broken wine bottles. For one resident, the terror from the “unhoused” was so bad that she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and had…

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – April 30, 2024 For readers of a certain age, today’s protests at Columbia and other campuses echo 1968 and opposition to the Vietnam war. The kids even took over the same building at Columbia, Hamilton Hall. But the mass-protest method has become the political default for progressives when they lose the policy debate…