Free Speech Unmuted: Free Speech on Campus
The latest video podcast episode from Prof. Jane Bambauer and me.
Education
The Genocide Question
Plus: College protest follow-up, AI and powerlifting, tools for evading internet censorship, and more...
Do Schools Really Need To Give Parents Live Updates on Students' Performance?
This new school-to-parent pipeline allows parents to micromanage yet another aspect of their kids' lives.
Where Do Libertarians Stand on the Campus Wars?
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the magical thinking behind the economic ideas of Modern Monetary Theory.
Coddled Kids Become Depressed, Anti-Social College Students
Young people need independent play in order to become capable adults.
Don't Fall For RFK Jr.'s Home Loan Scheme
Kennedy’s plan for government-backed mortgage bonds will do to housing what federal student loans have done to college tuition.
Bipartisan Legislation Would Let the Government Create Speech-Chilling 'Antisemitism Monitors'
The bill would allow the Education Department to effectively force colleges to suppress a wide range of protected speech.
Seriousness Crisis
Plus: NatalCon, Cuban economics, AI priest defrocked, and more...
Student Movements Are Often Wrong
We shouldn't assume that student political movements necessarily have a just cause. Far from it.
The FBI Was Monitoring Student Protests Against Ben Shapiro
A newly-obtained intelligence memo shows that the feds took a keen interest in Trump-era campus speech controversies.
School's Out
Plus: Campus echoes of Occupy Wall Street, Trump's presidential immunity claims, plans to undo the Fed's independence, and more...
Texas Public Colleges Crack Down on Peaceful Anti-Israel Protests
In March, Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order demanding that colleges crack down on antisemitic speech.
This Bill Would Give the Treasury Nearly Unlimited Power To Destroy Nonprofits
It supposedly bans financing terrorism, but that's already illegal. It's really a power grab for the secretary of the treasury.
The Morningside Heights Tent City
Plus: Supreme Court takes up ghost guns, Abbott takes on trans teachers, the literalism of Civil War, and more...
Worst 4/20 Ever
Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.
New Title IX Rules Erase Campus Due Process Protections
The new rules allow students to be found guilty of assaulting a classmate without ever seeing the full evidence against them.
USC Cancels Valedictorian's Speech Over Bogus 'Safety Concerns'
The university has a history of suppressing speech from both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Regulating Smartphones? Jonathan Haidt vs. Libertarians
The author of The Anxious Generation argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media.
Why Are So Many People Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness?
A recent case in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals highlights just how bloated PSLF eligibility has become.
FAFSA Glitches Cause Chaos for Millions of College Students
A shoddy effort to simplify the financial aid form led to errors affecting 30 percent of this year's FAFSA applications.
Getting Testy
Plus: Joe Biden pushes through new background checks for gun purchases, O.J. Simpson dies, NA beer takes D.C., and more...
Students Don't Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political Orations,
whether at administrators' homes or in law school classrooms.
Say No to This: America's Fiscal Norms Are in Decline
Despite their informal nature, those norms have historically constrained U.S. fiscal policy. But they're eroding.
"A Tale Of Two Protests: UVA v. Berkeley Law"
"What's the most effective way for law students to fight injustice?"
Quiz: What Do You Know About the SAT?
Colleges have turned away from standardized testing in admissions. Are the tests really that bad?
Arizona's Battle Against School Choice for Special Needs
State government officials deploy scare tactics against families of special needs students seeking alternatives.
The Government Was Supposed To Simplify the FAFSA. Instead, They Created a Glitchy Fiasco.
Instead of making the FAFSA form easier for families, persistent technical issues have imperiled vital financial aid information for millions of students.
Try, Try Again
Plus: Trump's abortion principles, celebrating Larry David, a bizarre Chechnyan music crackdown, and more...
Biden Announces Second Attempt at Widespread Student Loan Forgiveness
The new plan is much less ambitious than the president's 2022 blanket forgiveness effort, mostly relying on an expansion of previous smaller-scale debt cancelation schemes.
Seattle Is Getting Rid of Gifted Schools in a Bid To Increase Equity
When schools get rid of advanced offerings, they hurt smart, underprivileged students.
More Than 1 in 4 Kids Are Chronically Absent From School, Report Shows
Since COVID-era school closures, chronic absenteeism has increased from 15 to 26 percent, with poor districts struggling the most.
DARE Didn't Make Kids 'Say No' to Drugs. It Normalized Police in Schools.
DARE to Say No details the history of an anti-drug campaign that left an indelible mark on America.
How the Show Me State Could Show 'Em Again - Bring Missouri Into the Litigation Challenging Biden's New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan [Updated to Note Missouri Has Previously Announced it Will Do What I Urge Here]
This would virtually ensure the case can't be dismissed for lack of standing, thanks to Missouri's precedent-setting Supreme Court victory in Biden v. Nebraska. The Show Me State can once again really show 'em!
Red States File Lawsuit Challenging New Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
There are many parallels between this case and the one the Supreme Court decided in Biden v. Nebraska, invalidating Biden's previous large-scale loan forgiveness plan.
