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...dismayed by the convenient suspension of “free speech?? to suit a self-determined prejudice against its practice, however justified (News, “Poet Flap Drew Summers’ Input,” Nov. 14). One cannot have a polarized and politically determined segment of the society, even with a seeming righteousness, proscribe for the body politic—in this case, the whole social body of Harvard’s community—what is fit for their ears and what not. As a poet and teacher I protest entirely this self-ordained presumption...
...living through Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’s purges in the 1930s, the Nazi occupation of his home district during World War II and the country’s rebuilding period following the war. He also cited Nikita S. Khrushchev’s celebrated “Secret Speech?? of 1956, in which he criticized Stalin for an overly repressive regime. Gorbachev said this set the youth of the time on the path that eventually led to reform...
Google’s policies in the area of filtering requests are not yet clear, he said, noting that the “American vision of free speech?? may not be the final word in Google’s foreign policies...
Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Ruth R. Wisse, on the other hand, lauded Summers for using his free speech to counter was she deemed harmful speech??namely, last year’s divestment petition...
Reich’s emphasis on civil action and liberal ideas—which he reiterated during Friday’s speech??may be attractive on college campuses, but he explains the role of students in politics from a moral perspective...