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Free expression

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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Don’t Cut the Rattle Off the Rattlesnake

<p>Free speech and open dialogue are the best ways to drive pernicious ideas into oblivion. Sadly for UVA, there is widespread support among professors and students not only for banning ideas they find offensive, but for shaming and shunning those who support the right of people to even hold and express those ideas.</p>
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Look What UVA is Hiding

<p>Acting on behalf of The Jefferson Council, Walter Smith has filed a complaint in Henrico County against the University of Virginia, seeking a remedy for its refusal to supply documents under the Freedom of Information Act.</p>
Free expression

The Asymmetrical Application of Free-Speech Principles

by James A. BaconClifford S. Asness, founder of AQR Capital Management, did a masterful job of distilling the free-speech debate on college campuses to its essence. Though he had in mind the…
Free expression

Kalven Principles for UVa?

by James A. BaconFive years ago, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan took to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter to comment upon the horrific murder of 11 Jews in…

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Free expression

Everyone Loves Free Speech… In Theory

by James A. BaconGovernor Glenn Youngkin outlined yesterday his vision for colleges and universities in Virginia as bastions of free speech and intellectual diversity where people come together to devise solutions to…

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