Cambridge University has rejected a speech code that would have demanded “respect” for all views. Professors voted heavily for an amendment that all ideas and beliefs be “tolerated”. Nick Cohen hails this huge victory in Spectator UK and reminds us why free speech is the foundational value of universities and democracies alike.

France is in the Crosshairs, but the Target is Western Civilization
Theodore Dalrymple in Law & Liberty crystallizes the recent riots in France to a simple equation: “Whole generations have been taught and come to accept that Western civilization consists of slavery, exploitation, and massacre.” Tearing it all down – not merely reforming it – is therefore not just understandable but desirable. Dalrymple disposes of the delusional trope that these are “student” protests, noting the preponderance of Muslim migrants committing the mayhem.
For a luminous glimpse into the singular civilizational achievements the rioters would tear down, read this C2C article by Patrick Keeney.


