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Speech policy at UVA is tested every time a speaker arrives, a protest forms, or a student says the wrong thing. We report on how the University responds when it is tested.

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UVa’s Ideological Litmus Test — “Diversity Statements”

by James A. BaconIn the fall convocation ceremonies at the University of Virginia this week, President Jim Ryan said many things that once upon a time would have been considered unremarkable. The…
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Another Free Speech Fiasco

Charlottesville attorney Charles L. Weber Jr., represented University of Virginia student Morgan Bettinger in legal proceedings involving the University Judiciary Committee, which condemned her for words that allegedly constituted a “risk” to…
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UVa Offers Social Warrior Lesson Plans to Virginia Kindergarten Teachers

by James C. SherlockIn case anyone thinks the left ever rests, the University of Virginia ed school has struck another blow to educate children as social warriors through its ”Educating for Democracy”…
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Larry Sabato Is Not the Problem at UVa

by James A. BaconRich Anderson, Virginia GOP chairman, is unhappy with the partisan bias of University of Virginia political-science icon Larry Sabato, whose tweets have turned bitingly anti-Trump. Anderson contends that eight…

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Challenging UVa.’s Culture of Left-Wing Intolerance

Note: This column is republished from The Washington Times.by James A. BaconA committee appointed by University of Virginia President Jim Ryan issued a statement this May outlining the university‘s policy on free speech. As befitting the university founded…

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