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Greg Lukianoff

Greg Lukianoff is the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, and author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate.

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THIS IS CIVILIZATION

Salman Rushdie and the Danger of Calling Words ‘Violence’

The shocking attack on the celebrated author, who has lived under a death sentence for decades, reminds us that free speech isn’t violence—it’s our only hope to avoid it.

Greg Lukianoff

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IT’S REAL

Don’t Stop Using the Term ‘Cancel Culture’

The phrase has been overused and abused, but it describes an undeniably real problem that’s getting worse.

Greg Lukianoff

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