Mohan Dutta

Mohan Dutta
Oct 1, 2026

OPINION: Civility is the velvet glove. Peel it back and you find the fist. The word comes most often from the mouths of people who already own the microphone. They…

Mohan Dutta
Sep 14, 2026

OPINION: Dear Mr. Prime Minister, greetings from one of the more awkward shareholders in the enterprise formerly known as Aotearoa New Zealand. I hope this letter finds you well, ideally…

Mohan Dutta
Sep 3, 2026

The two hundred and sixty-ninth name, the Free Speech Union, and the machinery that arrived here from somewhere else Newsletter Banner Weekly Newsletter Stay informed with journalism that puts people…

Mohan Dutta
Aug 18, 2026

Culture-Centered Approach – shared with permission OPINION & ANALYSIS: In late March 2025, screenshots began moving across X. They showed fragments of a personal Instagram account belonging to Benjamin Doyle,…

Mohan Dutta

When calls for ‘civility’ collide with Academic Freedom and the right to dissent

Open Letter to the Honourable Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister of Corporation New Zealand

David Cumin, the Free Speech Union and the White Supremacist Pseudoscience

Examining Ani O’Brien and the limits of free speech absolutism: Harm, victimhood and political inversion