There's No Such Thing As Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, Too

In an era when much of what passes for debate is merely moral posturing—traditional family values versus the cultural elite, free speech versus censorship—or reflexive name-calling—the terms "liberal" and "politically correct," are used with as much dismissive scorn by the right as "reactionary" and "fascist" are by the left—Stanley Fish would seem an unlikely lightning rod for controversy. A renowned scholar of Milton, head of the English Department of Duke University, Fish has emerged as a …