The image of the starving artist/writer/musician in the garret has existed for a long, long time. So has the fact, in many cases. In many
Category: Free Speech
Tab clearing – recent reports that affect writers
I’d like to highlight five news reports from the past couple of weeks that have a direct or indirect bearing on us as writers (and
Censorship rears its ugly head again
It seems that anti-Semitic prejudice is impacting the publishing world, particularly in Europe, but here in the USA as well. The publishing world today is
They no longer try to hide their contempt for the truth
I was struck by the words of Twitter’s new CEO, Parag Agrawal, in a 2020 interview with Technology Review. Our role is to serve a
Defending our kids against moral and ethical filth
I have no problem with parents deciding for themselves – and for their families – what they consider morally and ethically correct, appropriate and normative.
The privatization of censorship
Fred Reed asks some pointed questions about censorship, and how it’s been outsourced from “officialdom” to private companies. Here’s an excerpt. Governments never like freedom
Mad Genius Club 