Word of the day

Fugazi – a counterfeit item; a forgery; anything that is not genuine; artificial; fake; a pretence, a sham; broken beyond repair.

Sowell says

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

— Thomas Sowell Quotes (@ThomasSowell) May 21, 2024

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Woman of the day

Woman of the Day nurse and US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Abbie Sweetwine born OTD 1921 in Florida. Known as The Angel of Platform 6, she saved many lives in the aftermath of the Harrow & Wealdstone Rail Crash, the worst peacetime railway crash in Britain.

On the morning of 8… pic.twitter.com/5YqBykQOxe

— The Attagirls (@TheAttagirls) May 23, 2024

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Universities there to find truth

Why is free speech important in universities?

The most important is if you can’t speak you can’ t have critical exchange and if you can’t have critical exchange you can’t do science, have scholarship and find truth. 

What universities exist for  . .  the most important mission is to discover truth and to teach the next generation how to find that. And we find truth by looking for each others’ errors and to do that we have to be able to challenge and to criticise. We need to protect unorthodox ideas and dissenting voices.

Why is it important to have free speech at our universities? Hear what @jon_rauch had to say. pic.twitter.com/VPSfosJYcY

— 🗣 Free Speech Union ✊ (@NZFreeSpeech) May 21, 2024