Speech Science

Brought to you by Penguin. A fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time ‘Free Speech!’ is a clarion call all over the world, yet what it means today is more contested than ever. Many cultures regard it as dangerous: in China, India, and across the...

Deportationsfantasien, Untersuchungshaft wegen Terrorverdacht, Gelder aus Russland und China-Spionage – ganz Deutschland rätselt: Wie gefährlich ist die AfD? Muss die Partei verboten werden, bevor sie an die Macht kommt? Die Autoren Michael Kraske und Dirk Laabs, die seit Jahren im extremistischen Milieu recherchieren, liefern harte Fakten. Sie berichten aus ostdeutschen AfD-Brennpunkten, von AfD-Veranstaltungen, aus geheimen Chatprotokollen und Gesprächen mit Aussteigern.

From assaults on merit-based hiring to the policing of language and replacing well-established, disciplinary scholarship by ideological mantras, current science and scholarship is under threat throughout western institutions. Many who have spoken up against this threat have lost their positions, and a climate of fear has arisen that strikes at the heart of modern education and research.

From Robert Spencer, the New York Times best-selling author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and The Complete Infidel's Guide to ISIS, comes a bold defense of freedom of speech - the single most valuable freedom humanity has, a freedom now endangered worldwide.

Chi parla, soprattutto se da posizioni di autorità o in contesti istituzionali, ha una pesante responsabilità: ciò che diciamo cambia i limiti di ciò che può essere detto, sposta un po' più in là i confini di ciò che viene considerato normale, assodato, legittimo. E cambiare i limiti di ciò che può essere detto cambia allo stesso tempo i limiti di ciò che può essere fatto.

Expert guidance for navigating the difficult new issues around free speech rights in higher education In their earlier book, Free Speech on Campus, Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman argued that colleges and universities should permit the expression of the widest possible range of views. Nearly ten tumultuous years later, many issues have arisen that this simple principle does not adequately address. To what extent must an institution provide expensive security for extremely controversial speakers?

Every liberal democracy has laws or codes against hate speech - except the United States. For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Against this absolutist view, Jeremy Waldron argues powerfully that hate speech should be regulated as part of our commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) was a British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister of the UK from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. An economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the US. These recordings capture 51 of Churchill’s speeches over 1934-45.

Applying Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism to the most pressing free speech issues of the day, the essays in this book reveal the attacks on free speech to be the product of destructive ideas - ideas that are eroding Western culture at its foundation. They expose those ideas and the individuals who hold them, and, importantly, they identify the only ideas on which Western civilization can be sustained: reason, egoism, and individual rights.

With piercing insight into the current debates over free speech, censorship, and Big Tech’s responsibilities, Richard L. Hasen proposes legal and social measures to restore Americans’ access to reliable information on which democracy depends. In an era when quack COVID treatments and bizarre QAnon theories have entered mainstream, this book explains how to assure both freedom of ideas and a commitment to truth.

In Göttin Melwas gelobtem Land hängt der Tod wie Gift in der Luft. Gläubige Ritter und Magier setzen tagtäglich ihr Leben aufs Spiel, um die seelenlosen Kreaturen zurück ins Finsterland zu schicken. Ritter Lakan strebt die Durchflutung an, damit das Land endlich zum Leben erblüht. Der überraschende Tod von Frederic von Metzenstein wirft bei Lakan Fragen auf. Die Ermittlungen führen ihn mit seinen Gefährten quer durchs raue, brutale Land bis in die Königsstadt Mongard. Den Helden steht eine Reise voller unvorhergesehenen Gefahren und Enthüllungen bevor.

Can free speech coexist with an inclusive campus environment? Hardly a week goes by without another controversy over free speech on college campuses. On one side, there are increased demands to censor hateful, disrespectful, and bullying expression and to ensure an inclusive and nondiscriminatory learning environment. On the other side are traditional free speech advocates who charge that recent demands for censorship coddle students and threaten free inquiry.

Does your child seem to understand much more than he can say? Does he struggle to say words that other kids his age say effortlessly? If so, he may have childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a neurological, motor-based speech disorder which is characterized by difficulty planning and organizing the...

Republican Party spokespeople include presidents, advisors, and candidates. Speeches are given by Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, and others. Words that support the party line and are meant to win elections.

In Can I Say That?, Dr. Chloe Carmichael, USA Today best-selling author of Nervous Energy, explains why and how to escape this cycle of anxiety and avoidance and start embracing our diversity of viewpoints. She unpacks the science behind open dialogue and why it’s essential to the cognitive and emotional processes that create wellness.

Start des Berichtes: 22.11.2082. Während die Menschheit wahrlich genügend Probleme mit sich und ihrem Überleben hat, bemüht sich Captain Markus Fischer auch noch um Hilfe für eine Spezies, von der er sich Freundschaft und Hilfe erhofft. Die Fischer-Crew kämpft dabei an verschiedenen Fronten auf unterschiedlichen Welten. Die 15 Meter breite Flugscheibe stand etwa 50 cm über der Straße und mit diesen Ausmaßen benötigte sie mehr als die gesamte Straßenbreite. Unbeeindruckt sah Bogdan die Scheinwerfer des Fahrzeugs aus einer kleinen Senke hervorkommen.

Im Jahr 2030 kommt es zum "Ereignis" - ein katastrophaler Zusammenbruch der globalen Stromnetze, der die Welt in Dunkelheit stürzt. In diesem neuen Zeitalter zeigt sich die Zerbrechlichkeit unserer modernen Gesellschaft. Trotz der umsichtigen Krisenvorsorge einer Familie auf ihrem Selbstversorgerhof in Schweden, wird ihr Zusammenhalt durch das Ereignis und einen Unfall auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Die Kälte greift um sich, ungewöhnlich intensive Polarlichter erhellen den dunklen Himmel, und der Schnee fällt früher und häufiger als je zuvor.

The Founders' Speech to a Nation in Crisis has quickly become the #1 National Bestseller on America’s founding principles. The passion of the reviewers captures the heartfelt response to this one-of-a-kind tapestry of the faith, genius and character that made America great in the first place. The relevance of the Founders' words—as revealed in this meticulously crafted work—is a clarion call to defend our God-given rights that will both stun listeners and leave them celebrating America.

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Politicians, government officials, lobbyists, party officials, and others have been accused - and some prosecuted - of various illegal, corrupt, or unethical practices throughout the years. Political Scandals includes speeches from the accused and the accusers in the political arena. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom....