Princeton Free Speech News & Commentary

Statement by Princeton Professor Joshua Katz

February 19, 2021 2 min read

Following is a statement that Professor Joshua Katz has made available today to Princetonians for Free Speech (PFS). For background, please see these two PFS editorials and a retired faculty member’s letter to the editor of the Daily Princetonian -- which it has neither published nor acknowledged.

When I was a young professor, I had a relationship with a student that violated the University’s rules. It was a consensual relationship. It did not involve – nor has anyone ever suggested that it involved – any coercion, harassment, or quid pro quo. Nonetheless, it was wrong, and I am ashamed of my past conduct.
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Letter to The Editor Which Daily Princetonian Has Ignored

February 17, 2021 2 min read

Professor Elizabeth Bogan, a much-admired senior lecturer who retired last year after teaching economics from 1992 to 2020, submitted the following letter to the editor to the Daily Princetonian on February 7. She told PFS on February 13 that it had not been published or even acknowledged. Meanwhile, the paper has continued to attack Professor Katz.

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More McCarthyism at the Daily Princetonian

February 17, 2021 2 min read

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

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"

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

January 26, 2021 6 min read

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