Quillette Narrated

Let us not confuse the freedom to speak with the freedom to mislead.

In a speech at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, Jonathan Kay shared insights from investigating a controversy at the university's teachers college. The story involves Margaret Munn, a middle-aged educator who faced backlash for questioning the concept of "decolonization" in a course titled "Indigenous Education: Towards a Decolonizing Pedagogy." Munn was reported to the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee and faced potential expulsion for her views. However, a UWO tribunal eventually ruled in her favor, citing violations of free speech. The editor’s investigation highlights the institutional pressures and the complex dynamics of academic environments focused on decolonization and social justice.

Louis Theroux’s new documentary suggests that he is unfamiliar with the complex history behind the Israeli occupation of The West Bank, and does not understand the political and ideological factors at stake there. By John Aziz.

How the battle for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act was fought, won, and nearly lost again.

What happens when the values of multiculturalism conflict with homophobic, misogynistic, and deeply anti-democratic strains of Islam?  

Progressive anti-Zionism and the poisonous legacy of Cold War hatred.

The magisterial incomprehensibility of Bob Dylan’s ‘Visions of Johanna.’

The campaign to remove Hamas from the UK’s list of proscribed organisations is not about defending free speech or political dissent. It is about legitimising jihadist warmongering.

Adnan Syed would never have been released had ‘Serial’ not been made. Advocacy journalism must be treated with caution.

A serious reexamination of this case must begin by setting out the evidence that led the jury to convict.