The Western tradition of freedom of speech is increasingly under threat in academia, media and politics. This is the claim of Andrew Michta in a recent piece in The American Interest.[1] Michta is concerned that the West is “at an inflection point on free speech, and it’s not clear which way things will go on this issue in the next 20 or 30 years.” Michta’s concluding sentences reveal what he considers to be at stake in the declining commitment to freedom…..
