Bank chiefs have been summoned for a meeting with Treasury ministers to discuss how customers can be protected from “being de-banked” after Nigel Farage accused Coutts of closing his account due to his political views. The former UK Independence Party leader claimed earlier this month that the prestigious bank he had been with for over…
We Don’t Like What You Say or How You Say It
Commentary An exercise physiologist at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Michael Joyner, has been admonished by the Clinic in part for having suggested in public that testosterone gives transgender women a lasting and unfair advantage when they compete in sports against ordinary women. He has been threatened with dismissal if he doesn’t desist from making such…
Free Speech Is on Its Deathbed in Academia—But Students Will Save It
May 10, 2023
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Commentary While in high school, I dreamed of attending a university where my right to say what I believe would remain sacred. I therefore enrolled at the University of Chicago because of its advertised commitment to unfettered academic inquiry. Upon attending, however, I quickly realized that the famed values upon which the school had been…
Online Age ID Needed to Shield Teens From Violent Pornography: Children’s Commissioner
May 9, 2023
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Violent pornography has a strong influence on children who go on to commit sexual abuse, according to a new report from the Children’s Commissioner, who is calling for age verification as an “urgent priority” in upcoming legislation. A report released on Tuesday by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Rachel de Souza, found that acts of…
My Book Is Being Burned
February 17, 2023
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Commentary On Jan. 25, 2023, Ghent University banned the use of my book “The Psychology of Totalitarianism” in the course “Critique of Society and Culture.” That happened in the aftermath of a media storm that erupted in September 2022 following my interviews with Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones. I already wrote about that in a previous essay. Following these media appearances, Ghent…
The Decline and Fall of the University
February 9, 2023
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Commentary Since retiring from the university, several people have asked if I miss it. I tell them I miss what it was, but not what it has become. Higher education in America has gone from being the best in the world to one of the most pathetic. Why? It’s hard to describe what academia was to…
Encouraging Self-Harm Online Will Become Criminal Offence Under UK’s Online Safety Bill
Online encouragement of self-harm will be criminalised under an updated version of the Online Safety Bill, the UK government has said. Culture secretary Michelle Donelan said the update would create a new offence that would target communications that encourage someone to physically harm themselves, making it illegal to do so, and bringing it in line…
Online Safety Bill Will Return to UK Parliament Next Month
Upcoming planned legislation to regulate online spaces is returning, the British government confirmed. On Thursday, Commons leader and Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt outlined the forthcoming parliamentary business in the House of Commons, which included a date for the Online Safety Bill. Its remaining stages are due to be provisionally debated on Dec. 5. The bill…
Peter Menzies: How Bill C-11 Could Open the Door to State-Controlled Media
Commentary Justin Trudeau’s government is seizing control of the internet and granting itself sweeping new powers that turn its communications regulator into a political puppet. By now a lot of Canadians have heard of the controversial Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) which defines the internet as broadcasting and puts it under the control of the…
Criminal Charges Dropped Against Vancouver ‘Street Preacher’
November 16, 2022
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Criminal charges of mischief and creating a disturbance have been dropped against street preacher Steven Brown, who was arrested in the summer of 2021 while sharing his religious views on a Vancouver public sidewalk. His lawyer, Carol Crosson, says the charges never should have been laid. Brown now intends to pursue further legal action against…
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