University of Michigan failed to protect right to free speech

I arrived at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Nov. 16 to deliver a speech on Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. The talk’s blunt title, selected by the local Young Americans for Freedom chapter, reflected my own unambiguous approach to the conflict: “Israel’s Righteous Fight Against Jihadism.” Given the nature of the talk, given the highly noxious climate now pervading campuses when it…