I believe the equally frightening counterpoint to Rushdie’s struggles, and those who have supported his right to freedom of expression, is the predilection by leading publishers and platforms, operating behind the protective wall of technology, to suppress books and stories not of the political stripe of a new hypersensitive and intolerant minority.

My daughter arrived home before returning to college for senior year. I said that either we speak openly and honestly with curious minds or I speak about nothing but the weather.