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Stupid Games, Stupid Prizes
Salman Rushdie and the less known blasphemers
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What is and isn’t said in the NBA
By now you’ve probably watched the video of billionaire and part owner of the Golden State Warriors, Chamath Palihapitiya, explaining just how little he…
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The power — and carelessness — of film
“Everyone had a piece of me. And when everyone in the world thinks they know who you are, you don’t want to be who you are,” Mary Ann Vecchio said in a…
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2020: Another Year of Blasphemy
Last year ended on a dark note for blasphemers. Junaid Hafeez, who spent years in solitary confinement after being arrested for blasphemy in 2013, was…
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Free speech update: Social media censorship and more blasphemy
It’s been a month or so since the last free speech update, so it’s time for another overview of recent free speech news. Social media censorship In just…
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How are we still getting blasphemy so wrong?
In the aftermath of Samuel Paty’s beheading and a violent attack in Nice leaving three dead, there has been plenty of commentary about who is to blame…
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Free speech update: Another round of blasphemy
Charlie Hebdo (again) Last month I wrote about Charlie Hebdo’s reprinted cartoons and the cycle of justifying violence against people who blaspheme or…
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