At the end of October and beginning of November, Steve Simpson, director of Legal Studies at ARI, set out on a nationwide speaking tour to defend free speech. “Free speech is increasingly under attack today,” noted Simpson. “After the election, the right is more important than ever. But if we don’t defend, we will lose it.” In eight days, Simpson participated in ten well-attended and well-received events — seven talks, two panels and one debate — addressing hundreds of people, mostly students. Several of the talks were organized by student chapters of the Federalist Society, and Simpson distributed copies of his recently released book Defending Free Speech to attendees.
In this episode, Yaron Brook discusses what Trump’s victory suggests about a significant proportion of the American public and what it, in turn, tells us about America’s future.
Steve Simpson is currently on the road, visiting college campuses to give talks and debate topics such as the right to free speech, economic freedom, cronyism and campaign finance reform.
What is the state of freedom of speech in America today? In this special-edition episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Steve Simpson, director of Legal Studies at ARI, takes on threats to free speech such as campaign finance laws, the culture of sensitivity on campus and government abuses of our right to speak.
On October 29, ARI will be at AM 560 The Answer’s Freedom Summit Chicago 2016. Yaron Brook and Steve Simpson will start the conference with morning sessions, in which they present their radical Objectivist perspective on two of today’s most important issues; namely, the inequality debate and freedom of speech.
Today, September 14, you are invited to join Elan Journo, ARI director of Policy Research, and Steve Simpson, ARI director of Legal Studies, as they discuss freedom, American values, their new books and ARI’s ongoing efforts to promote a more rational culture.
Yesterday, The Hill published an all-new op-ed by Steve Simpson on Hillary Clinton’s vow to appoint Supreme Court justices who oppose Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Dr. Jaana Woiceshyn, associate professor of business ethics and competitive strategy at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, Canada, recently wrote an article explaining why businessmen should care about the right to free speech — and how Steve Simpson’s Defending Free Speech provides the intellectual ammunition they need to fight for that right.
