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BFD Book Review – a Book Too Risky to Publish

BFD Book Review – a Book Too Risky to Publish

Francis Forde Dear Professor Flynn I am contacting you in regard to your manuscript “In Defense of Free Speech: The University as Censor.” [We] believe that its publication, in particular in the United Kingdom, would raise serious concerns. By the nature of its subject matter, the work addresses sensitive topics

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More Academic Gutlessness in the Face of Chinese Bullying

More Academic Gutlessness in the Face of Chinese Bullying

As the Drew Pavlou affair has exposed, Australian universities are increasingly in thrall to the thuggish Chinese Communist Party. The same academics who screech and thunder about “academic freedom” at the very notion of a dedicated course in Western Civilisation, happily fall to their knees the instant Beijing’s bully

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The Pirate Is Still Gunning for Izzy

The Pirate Is Still Gunning for Izzy

You gotta hand it to them: outside the Balkans or some feuding Appalachian hillbillies, nobody hates with quite the undying passion of the left. Case in point: former rugby player and scribbler of alleged ‘histories’, Peter FitzSimons. “Pirate” Pete has pursued record-breaking rugby player Israel Folau with a tenacity exceeding

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Facebook: Censoring Reporting on Facebook Censorship

Facebook: Censoring Reporting on Facebook Censorship

Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Facebook has deleted a simple post sharing a very popular article on GoodSauce.news which criticises Facebook censorship. I like to think I can play within the rules and let you know what you need to know without triggering the overbearing rules of the giant social

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Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia is perhaps unique among Western nations in not having guaranteed freedom of speech. The United States is famous for its First Amendment, Great Britain has a common law right, even New Zealand has its Bill of Rights (which its government seems increasingly determined to ignore). But Australia? Nothing. Nothing,

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It’s Only Words…

It’s Only Words…

Oh for God’s sake, please STOP! The latest piece of garbage from the woke brigade demands that Shaun Wallace, AKA “The Dark Destroyer”, from TV’s “The Chase” should do away with the descriptor “dark”.  Shaun himself says that he’s perfectly happy with his name and, in case

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