Keith E. Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University.
A timely defense of intellectual debate and critical thinking. . . . In the current divisive political climate, Whittington shows why safeguarding the civil exchange of diverse ideas is an urgent need. -Kirkus Reviews The best of the recent books on free speech and higher education. -James Stoner, Law and Liberty Cogent and compelling. . . . Speak Freely supplies clarity and good sense to a subject that has been receiving a lot more heat than light. -Glenn C. Altschuler, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Involve[s] readers in the pleasures of confronting a difficult problem, treating the dangerous views of determined adversaries with an open mind and proceeding with greater confidence as a result. -Jonathan Marks, Wall Street Journal [A] sophisticated and coolheaded defense of free speech. -Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics