Clear and Present Danger – Episode 16 — Expert Opinion – Michael Shermer
In this episode, we join up with historian of science Dr. Michael Shermer to investigate…
Quillette”Upholding the Jihadist’s Veto”
In his provocative essay The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine didn’t mince words on Christianity. ”What…
Economist:”Blasphemy bans are struck out in Ireland and reinforced in Austria”
WHEN it comes to basic principles of free speech and freedom of belief, do the…
Spiked: “We must never take free speech for granted”
Jacob Mchangama on Denmark’s blasphemy ban and the right to ridicule religious beliefs. Read more…
Quilette: “The Death of the First Amendment in Cyberspace”
In 1996, cyber activist John Perry Barlow addressed national governments in his Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace;…
Event:”Battle of Ideas”
In a rapidly changing world, debating ideas matters more than ever. The Battle of Ideas…
Clear and Present Danger – Episode 15 — Paper-bullets and the forgotten martyrs of radical free speech
Episode 15 returns to Europe and formative events in 17th Century England, where a mostly…
Clear and Present Danger – Episode 14 – ‘Universal Peace’: Religious tolerance in the Mughal empire
Episode 14 leaves the West and heads to 16th and 17th Century India and the…
Clear and Present Danger – episode 13: Expert opinion – Jonathan Haidt
In this episode, we do a bit of time travel and leave the 17th century…
Clear and Present Danger – episode 12: Expert opinion – Teresa Bejan
We enter the early modern age with an expert opinion featuring Teresa Bejan, associate professor…