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Sunday, Apr 28, 2024

Thomas Leaycraft


The Setonian
Opinion

Free Speech vs. Civil Disobedience

March 2, the day of the Charles Murray talk, was never going to be easy for Middlebury. Free speech and civil disobedience, two of our nation’s most challenging and sacred traditions, seemed to collide. In this war ­of virtues, everybody lost; the mob silenced Charles Murray, the media dragged Middlebury’s ...

The Setonian
Opinion

Coming Together

I went to sleep last Thursday with a sour taste in my mouth, even after an enjoyable dinner with friends and a sitcom marathon. I attended Dr. Murray’s talk on his latest book “Coming Apart,” eager to better understand some of the frustrations of the Trump coalition. But more importantly, I was ...

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