What is this thing called free speech?
In September 2025 - the month in which, in the United States, the activist, Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed, we are republishing this page. The contended nature of free speech - its value and its limits - never entirely goes away (and we may view this, in a sense, positively). However, there may be moments in time - and now may be one of those moments - where free speech becomes a more conspicuous, more prominent...