The competition is always tough, but the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has recently released its list of the ten colleges and universities that were the worst last year with respect to freedom of speech. In today's Pope Center piece, I write about the "winners" and offer some thoughts on why we see such increasing intolerance among students, administrators, and faculty for utterances that conflict with their "progressive" sensibilities.
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