December 27, 2022
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Princeton is currently actively considering, and taking comments on, a petition to remove the statue of John Witherspoon from the Firestone Plaza.
Read More December 27, 2022
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PFS will make the following points: 1. The process being followed by the Committee does not, and cannot, provide a true view of what Princetonians think...
Read More December 19, 2022
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This is the submission sent by PFS to Princeton on the proposal to remove the statue of John Witherspoon currently being considered by the University.
Read More December 05, 2022
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On December 5, leaders of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA), including AFSA president and PFS co-founder Edward Yingling, participated in an important congressional roundtable on free speech on college campuses.
Read More November 18, 2022
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By Leslie Spencer
As concern mounts about the status of those principles that preserve and honor freedom of expression in American higher education, Princeton’s James Madison Program recently launched the Initiative on Freedom of Thought, Inquiry and Expression.
Read More October 28, 2022
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Howard claims that the POCC uses the free-speech cause as a mere fig leaf for our “culture war grievances.” The POCC, he says, is simply obsessed with “conservative outrage politics.” Of course, I am dismayed to hear that Howard feels our events are only for students who “ascribe” (sic) to conservative ideals. But this is a silly accusation. The POCC is not simply conservative (the picture is more complicated) and the criticisms Howard proffers are hopeless.
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