Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.

Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.

As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power in state and federal government, are behind a growing crackdown on political … Read more

Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.

Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.

Bret: Which, as any honest employer will tell you, at least privately, tends to devolve in practice into a de facto system of set-asides based largely on the identity of an employee or contractor. And also, in some cases, a quiet but damaging erosion of standards, like the weakening of the Army’s fitness requirements that … Read more