I spoke at the University of California, Berkeley, on Monday about the importance of free speech. Contrary to what you might predict, my audience was polite and the event ran smoothly.

This audience certainly knows about free speech; their campus is the home of the free speech movement of the 1960s and many were on campus during the antifa riots of the past few years. They’ve seen the good and the bad that comes along with First Amendment rights. Many students told me the heated political atmosphere on campus has made them grow intellectually and politically.