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Will Creeley (FIRE) and I have this L.A. Times opinion piece today. I doubt our readers will find anything new here (it's based on FIRE's past work explaining free speech, and on my posts about the absence of any exception for advocacy of genocide), but I thought I'd pass it…

Having your children move out can be bittersweet. However, if you’re forcing your kids to leave with very little warning, things can get emotionally messy... especially in this economy. The post Parents Want To Downsize, Expect Their 19-Year-Old To Move Out first appeared on Bored Panda.

Congressional testimony on campus policies by heads of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT draws criticism

"Conservatives like Rep. Elise Stefanik should ask themselves: Do you honestly believe this [proposed new rule against "calls for genocide"] won't be weaponized to ban an Israeli cabinet official from speaking at Penn? An Israeli Defense Force soldier?"

"Double standards are frustrating, but we should address them by demanding free speech be protected consistently — not by expanding the calls for censorship."

Respecting free speech defends individual rights and lets people show us who they are.

Truck 81 will be down another member this winter, and Alberto Rosende opened up about his Chicago Fire exit decision.

The three shows of One Chicago are coming back in the new year, and I'm ready to start thinking about the cliffhanger resolutions for Fire, P.D., and Med.

From the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Carrie Robison & Aaron Terr); if the facts are as described (and I've generally found FIRE's accounts to be trustworthy), this does seem like a clear violation of the First Amendment: New Jersey law requires all school boards in the state to…

Adherents of “Coast FIRE” front-load their savings early in their career, but don’t stress as much later on.

The university is violating John Strauss's free speech rights.