Choudray and free speech after Charlie Hebdo
The murder of Charlie Hebdo journalists in Paris is truly horrific. One good that has come out if it, however, has been the outpouring of support for free expression, and the right to satirize and offend. Vive Charlie Hebdo, vive free speech.
But as Brendan O’Neill has pointed out in the ...
Top articles of note for 2014
Here are my top articles published in 2014, the ones I found most thought-provoking (in alphabetical order by the author’s last name):
“The left vs. the climate,” The Breakthrough, by Will Boisvert
“Don’t send your kid to the Ivy League,” The New Republic, by William Deresiewicz
“America in decay: The sources of ...
This ban is a fracking outrage
New York’s ban on fracking is an act of pure green elitism.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Fight for the right to fraternize
Frats are taking the rap for the non-crime of rape culture.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Recent articles of note
“Chris Rock. What’s killing comedy. What’s saving America,” New York. Interviewed by Frank Rich
“The rustbelt roars back from the dead,” The Daily Beast, by Joel Kotkin and Richey Piiparinen
“When GM was Google,” The New Yorker, by Nicholas Lemann
“The divorce surge is over, but the myth lives ...
Rolling Stone and the myth of a rape epidemic
Rolling Stone’s rape hoax speaks to a new hysteria on US campuses.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Recent articles of note
“The microaggression farce,” City Journal, by Heather Macdonald
“Who will save the Democratic Party from itself?” New York Times, by Thomas Edsall
“As Sharpton rose, so did his his unpaid taxes,” New York Times, by Russ Buettner
“Is challenging ‘rape culture’ claims an idea too dangerous for university students?” Reason, ...
After Ferguson: no, the US is not “congenitally racist”
The shooting was terrible. But so is the fatalism of much of the response.
Read my spiked article in full here.
Recent articles of note
“The demise of the white Democratic voter,” New York Times, by Thomas Edsall
“Liberals are killing the liberal arts,” Wall Street Journal, by Harvey Silvergate
“Julia lost,” National Review, by Kevin Williamson
“25 years after the wall fell, challenges remain,” Real Clear Politics, by Cathy Young
“America’s long holiday: ...
The Democrats are running on empty
The US midterms exposed the Obama administration’s utter exhaustion.
Read my spiked article in full here.
ABOUT SEAN COLLINS
I write about American current affairs for Spiked, the online magazine. I am a native New Yorker, and I divide my time between New York City and upstate New York.
In addition to articles for Spiked, The Australian and other publications, I contributed an essay, "BDS: Demonizing Israel, Destroying Free Speech," for the book Unsafe Space: The Crisis of Free Speech on Campus (2016). I also wrote a chapter on New York City's economy for the book London After Recession: A Fictitious Capital? (2012).
My writings have been cited in American Conservative, Arts & Letters Daily, the Financial Times, Fox News, the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the New York Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Times of London, among other media.
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