Professor Daniel Drache has highlighted the lack of free speech on campus by admitting that, “Free speech is alive and robust, but it has largely decamped from the university to social media.” He is wrong, however, in his assessment that a few security-related incidents don’t amount to an extended threat to freedom of speech on campus, especially when these incidents usually involve speakers who are pro-capitalism, pro-U.S. or pro-Israel in their sympathies. Contrary to Mr. Drache’s words, to quote Harold Innis, the greatest threat to the university is not its descent “into the marketplace,” but its descent into irrelevance in the world of public opinion and debate. (more...)
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