When Austrian economist Friedrich A. Hayek (1899–1992) wrote his famous book The Road to Serfdom (1944) in the midst of the Second World War, he mentioned in the preface that he had often been told by ...

Dave Weiner, a thoughtful contributor to these pages, cites the American Revolution as an example of freedom won by force of arms. But he confuses freedom with independence. We fought for our ...

Using examples ranging from family disputes to the Woody Allen film “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Kyte underscores the danger of self-deception and the temptation to absolve ourselves of responsibility ...

When you hear the word "freedom," what comes to mind? For many, it's the ability to do whatever we want without restrictions.

History has examples of freedom of speech and press that were abused by politicians to accomplish an agenda that resulted in serious consequences. The Weimar Republic constitution in Germany ...

Throughout the United States, Americans are celebrating Independence Day. Even in a pluralistic society, with different worldviews and values, nothing unites the American people more than an appeal to ...

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there was no vaccine in sight and more than a thousand people who had contracted the virus were dying each day in the United States, Joseph Stiglitz, ...

Ms. Anker is a professor of American studies at George Washington University and the author of “Ugly Freedoms.” It would seem there is a lot of “freedom” being trumpeted by state officials these days.

As a divided nation endures violence, protests and crackdowns on freedom of expression, there could not be a more important time to teach young children about the importance of freedom of speech.