Over at PJM I discuss the strange spectacle of many members of PEN, which was founded to defend the freedom of speech, lining up in favor of Sharia censorship and submitting to violent intimidation: With every passing day I feel more like Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski: I feel like opening my office window […]
Six PEN members protest award to Charlie Hebdo
“If PEN as a free speech organization can’t defend and celebrate people who have been murdered for drawing pictures, then frankly the organization is not worth the name,” Mr. Rushdie said. And for once, he is right. PEN is supposed to oppose censorship and defend the freedom of speech — except, apparently, when to do […]