I was greatly honored yesterday to be selected as one of this year’s recipients of the Samizdat Prize, awarded by RealClearPolitics, a leading news site in the fight against censorship. I will receive the prize at the RCP conference on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida.

I am deeply grateful to receive this recognition for my work in free speech and my new book, The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.

This is a tough time for the free speech community, but we must not forget that we have allies. Indeed, part of the effort to cancel and censor speakers and writers is to make them feel isolated and alone. It also chills the speech of others who do not want to be hounded or harassed. These events remind us that we are part of a larger movement of men and women who value free speech as a human right.

Thank you again for this recognition.