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A Student’s Right to Listen, Challenge, and Learn

TU reader Sam Goodman of Carleton University in Ottawa recently published this piece in her school's newspaper. In it, she…

Defending Free Speech: An Interview with Steve Simpson

Free speech is absolutely essential for a free society, yet it’s constantly under attack today. There are three segments of…

Give Female Athletes What They Deserve

Written by Thomas Duke and J.A. Windham 11.38 seconds. That’s what it takes to be truly in a class of…

Free Speech vs. Religion: An Interview with Onkar Ghate

Dr. Onkar Ghate is a senior fellow and the Chief Content Officer at the Ayn Rand Institute. He has written…

“That’s Why I Draw You”: An Interview with Bosch Fawstin

  Bosch Fawstin is an accomplished artist, cartoonist, and free speech activist. His entry, printed above, took home First Prize…

Why Selfish Princeton Students Have No Reason to “Give Back”

Just why does selfishness require us to “give back” to others? Have we stolen our success from them?

Fostering a Culture of Consent: How to Cultivate Fundamental Opposition to Rape

If we hope ever to succeed in the battle against sexual assault, it’s this cavalier attitude towards consent that we…

The Cause of the Adjunct Crisis: How a Research Focus is Destroying Higher Education

The “adjunct crisis” has not grown out of the so-called corporatization of the university. Instead, the crisis is largely a…

“Check Your Privilege” Insults Your Intellectual Autonomy

We should reject racism and sexism because their most basic premises deny human intellectual autonomy. Both see individual human beings…

“Do What You Love” Inspires Meaningful Work in a Meaningful Life

Rather than dismissing “do what you love” as insulting to the nation’s underprivileged, it needs to be thought of an…