Princeton Free Speech News & Commentary

A New Attack on Free Speech Is Insipid as Well as Vicious

By  Edward L. Yingling, ’70, Secretary/Treasurer and  Stuart Taylor, Jr. ’70, President, Princetonians for Free Speech February 17, 2021 2 min read

The Daily Princetonian launched another lengthy McCarthyist attack on a Princeton professor on February 11, exactly one week after its original attack article on him...
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Editorial: "McCarthyism at the Daily Princetonian"

By Edward L. Yingling, Secretary/Treasurer, and Stuart Taylor, Jr., President, Princetonians for Free Speech February 07, 2021 8 min read

McCarthyism: “The use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods in order to suppress opposition.” American Heritage Dictionary.
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Whig-Clio and the Stealth Suppression of Free Speech

By Edward Yingling, ’70, and Stuart Taylor, Jr, ’70, co-founders of Princetonians for Free Speech January 26, 2021 6 min read

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College Alums Must Speak Up for Campus Free Speech

Edward Yingling & Stuart Taylor, Jr. [PFS Secretary-Treasurer and President] January 19, 2021 1 min read

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Commentary: The Grave Danger to Free Speech and Academic Freedom at Princeton

Stuart Taylor, Jr., PFS President January 01, 2021 6 min read

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A Page of History: From the March 7, 2018 issue of Princeton Alumni Weekly

That Was Then: March 1970 While some guest speakers raise eyebrows on campus, Walter Hickel, President Richard Nixon’s first secretary of the interior, raised a ruckus. Indeed, the repercussions of his visit were felt for weeks — not because of anything he said but because of the way he was received March 5, 1970. Hickel headlined a conference on “Ecology and Politics in America’s Environmental Crisis,” but his speech, . . . was overwhelmed by student anger at the Vietnam War. While most of his listeners in Jadwin Gymnasium kept their views to themselves, a group of 75 hecklers unleashed a barrage of jibes, chants, and cries. March 07, 2018 1 min read

While some guest speakers raise eyebrows on campus, Walter Hickel, President Richard Nixon’s first secretary of the interior, raised a ruckus. Indeed, the repercussions of his visit were felt for weeks — not because of anything he said but because of the way he was received March 5, 1970.
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