Table of Contents

(Chapters which are available online appear as links below.)


Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Part I: The Assault on Liberty
1. The Water Buffalo Affair 9
2. Free Speech in a Free Society 34
3. What Is Academic Freedom? 50
4. Marcuse's Revenge 67
5. The Moral Reality of Political Correctness 97
Part II: The Assault on Free Speech
6. The Assault on Faculty Speech 113
7. "Shut Up," They Reasoned: Silencing Students 146
Part III: The Assault on the Individual
8. Individual Identity: the Heart of Liberty 187
9. American Thought Reform 210
10. Double Standards: Some Are More Equal than Others 233
Part IV: The Assault on Due Process
11. The Rules of Civilization 265
12. The Courts of Star Chamber 289
13. "Not on My Watch" 312
Part V: Restoring Liberty
14. Sue the Bastards? 339
15. "Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant" 355
Notes 375
Index 401
About the authors 415