Description: Tracing attacks on free speech from Plato's Republic to America's campuses and newsrooms, Jonathan Rauch provides an engaging and provocative attack on those who would limit thought by restricting free speech. "Restates the core of our freedom, and demonstrates how great, and disregarded, the peril to it has become".--Chicago Tribune
Brief description: Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a contributing editor of the Atlantic and National Journal, and the author of six books, including Government's End and Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America.
Review Quotes: "A modern classic explaining the importance of free speech in society."-- "Greg Lukianoff, Huffington Post" (11/8/2013 12:00:00 AM)