I deeply value free speech and debate. The watchlist created by Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is anathema to both.

A close read of some of Mr. Kirk’s most viral exchanges shows an approach that was polished and skillful — if not always fair.

Zachary Barker, the 2024 contest winner, wrote about experiencing both a swatting incident at his high school and the real Michigan State University shooting that left three dead and five injured.

The director and Rolling Stone writer, whose new memoir chronicles his years as a teenage rock journalist, looks back on a ...

Candidates should model respectful arguments by participating in political debates. Voters should look down on those who ...

It felt a little like somebody yelling up at people trapped in a burning building, “Hey, why don’t you guys do those cool fireworks displays anymore?” The decline of the negative review is a subset of ...

I n 2019, my friend Brian Cantwell Smith published a book about the power and limitations of artificial intelligence. We ...

Readers, including the author Jhumpa Lahiri, respond to the Barnard president’s guest essay about speakers at universities.

As a recent high school graduate, I've seen firsthand how my peers use AI. But what happens when we can't think for ourselves ...

Sunstein has written a new book, called “ On Liberalism ,” which is a defense of the idea of liberalism at a time when ...

In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay ...