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Hazomanga Finial (Madagascar, c. 1600s-1700s)

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In Pursuit of True Speech – Adam Tomkins A new history tries to highlight a middle path between free speech absolutism and pure censorship. It does not quite succeed.

1/ "Milton was fundamentally opposed to censorship, not because it diminishes the rights of the author (or printer or publisher), but because it infantilizes the rights of all of us as readers to choose for ourselves what we should read."

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Wilhelm Kotarbinski, "The Angel of Sadness" (1900)

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Free Speech and Civic Virtue between "Fake News" and "Wokeness" Left critics of the recent "Harper's Magazine" open letter on free speech and open debate make some claims that are narrowly meritorious. But they don't address the value of speech as a way of buildin...

2/ This has been my position for a long time.

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In Pursuit of True Speech – Adam Tomkins A new history tries to highlight a middle path between free speech absolutism and pure censorship. It does not quite succeed.

1/ "Milton was fundamentally opposed to censorship, not because it diminishes the rights of the author (or printer or publisher), but because it infantilizes the rights of all of us as readers to choose for ourselves what we should read."

lawliberty.org/book-review/...

Wilhelm Kotarbinski, "The Angel of Sadness" (1900)

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Wolfgang Lettl, "The Theologians' Plea" (2000)

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Wolfgang Lettl, "The Theologians' Plea" (2000)

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After 50 Years of Writing, Jamaica Kincaid Insists She’s Still an Amateur

“I have this theory that you are who you are at 7...When you reach 7, that’s your life, and that you just repeat until you’re 100. Until you die, you’re 7. I find great comfort in that.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/m...

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Henri Matisse, "On the Banks of the Garonne" (1900)

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After 50 Years of Writing, Jamaica Kincaid Insists She’s Still an Amateur

“I have this theory that you are who you are at 7...When you reach 7, that’s your life, and that you just repeat until you’re 100. Until you die, you’re 7. I find great comfort in that.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/m...

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Henri Matisse, "On the Banks of the Garonne" (1900)

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Max Klinger, "Beethoven Monument" (1902)

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Pendant Mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià (Benin, c. 1500s)

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Max Klinger, "Beethoven Monument" (1902)

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Pendant Mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià (Benin, c. 1500s)

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New tattoo: Thomas Hart Benton, "Hercules and Achelous" (1947)

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New tattoo: Thomas Hart Benton, "Hercules and Achelous" (1947)

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Gaetano Previati, "The Creation of Light" (1913)

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Gaetano Previati, "The Creation of Light" (1913)

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"Big Fish" (2004)

Columbia’s Deal With Trump Stokes Fears of Federal Admissions Audits The university will hand over new details about the prospective students it admits and rejects. Is it laying the groundwork for more-aggressive government intervention?

An issue to keep an eye on. The trouble with SFFA is that by making admissions zero-sum it fixates on race every bit as much as Aff Action proponents, but rather than avoiding quotas or disparate impact policies, it merely reverses them.

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"Ameto's Discovery of the Nymphs" (Italy, c. 1410)

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"Big Fish" (2004)