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we fought through the wilderness and threw open the doors of richmond slave jails, all to save the constitution and renew its promise of equality and freedom. we stormed the sands and scaled the cliffs of normandy. we drove tanks through the gates, we planted the stars and stripes on iwo jima and saved civilization. we marched on washington and won the right of suffrage for women. we marched over the edmund petttus build. we about built rockets to the moon. we built the largest economy...

““However, it happened that one summer ten distinguished members of my faculty convened (five at a time) and unanimously declared me guilty of ‘deviousness…

Executive Editor Tom Martin has started visiting colleges to speak with journalism students. On Tuesday he returned to his alma mater, the University of Iowa.

Executive Editor Tom Martin has started visiting colleges to speak with journalism students. On Tuesday he returned to his alma mater, the University of Iowa.

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Douglas Bell discusses Chandler Davis and the contest over free speech.

As 2023 comes to a close, I realize I need to update readers on staff changes at the Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus.

‘The Prosecution of Professor Chandler Davis’ provides the historical insight that I associate with the best accounts of this kind: motives are complex…

“Almost all HUAC witnesses with Communist connections were avoiding the jeopardy of contempt prosecution either by naming the names of others or declining to…

(1) CHENGDU WORLDCON ROUNDUP. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] Con reports: Arthur Liu (part 2) Arthur's con crud is subsiding, and he was able to post the second (of a projected four) part of his con report. This one covers the setup ahead of the event. Disclosure: I am also mentioned in this part. Via Google Translate,

The Prosecution of Professor Chandler Davis tells the true tale of a mathematician who found himself taking an involuntary break from chalking equations to sit…