George Will insightfully discusses the childishness and mindlessness now running rampant on U.S. college campuses. (Fortunately, GMU – so far at least – has largely been immune to such silliness.) A slice:
If you believe, as progressives do, that human nature is not fixed, and hence is not a basis for understanding natural rights. And if you believe, as progressives do, that human beings are soft wax who receive their shape from the society that government shapes. And if you believe, as progressives do, that people receive their rights from the shaping government. And if you believe, as progressives do, that people are the sum of the social promptings they experience. Then it will seem sensible for government, including a university’s administration, to guarantee not freedom of speech but freedom from speech. From, that is, speech that might prompt its hearers to develop ideas inimical to progress, and that might violate the universal entitlement to perpetual serenity.
David Boaz explains that trade is not a trade-off. It’s a win-win.
Sandy Ikeda insightfully explores the zero-sum nature of “Progressive” politics.
