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Why Won’t Free Speech Save Us?

June 11, 2018
Bruce Ledewitz

Ross Douthat wrote a May 27 column for The New York Times provocatively titled, Free Speech Will Not Save Us. The columnist was casting doubt on the argument that the best way to cure political polarization is with renewed respect for the right of people to speak. Douthat is correct that the right of free […]

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