Yale’s Self-Censorship

September 10, 2009

The latest controversy involving the First Amendment comes from a book slated to be published by the Yale University Press. “The Cartoons that Shook the World” by Brandeis University Professor Jytte Klausen recounts the contention surrounding the distribution of 12 political cartoons featuring the prophet Muhammad in a Danish Newspaper in 2005. As you may remember, the publication of these cartoons infuriated the Muslim World, birthing riots and confusion all over Europe. (Continue Reading…)