From Amy Wax at
Imprimis:
There is a lot of abstract talk these days on American
college campuses about free speech and the values of free inquiry, with
plenty of lip service being paid to expansive notions of free expression
and the marketplace of ideas. What I’ve learned through my recent
experience of writing a controversial op-ed is that most of this talk is
not worth much. It is only when people are confronted with speech they
don’t like that we see whether these abstractions are real to them.
The op-ed, which I co-authored with Larry Alexander of the University of San Diego Law School, appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer
on August 9 under the title, “Paying the Price for the Breakdown of the
Country’s Bourgeois Culture.” It began by listing some of the ills
afflicting American society:
Too few Americans are
qualified for the jobs available. Male working-age labor-force
participation is at Depression-era lows. Opioid abuse is widespread.
Homicidal violence plagues inner cities. Almost half of all children are
born out of wedlock, and even more are raised by single mothers. Many
college students lack basic skills, and high school students rank below
those from two dozen other countries.
(Read more.)
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