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  • Cathy Young

    Cathy Young

    Cathy Young is a columnist for Newsday and a contributing editor at Reason magazine. Her book Ceasefire!: Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality was published in 1999.

    Latest articles by Cathy Young

    Dr Seuss erasure.

    Why the Dr. Seuss 'cancellation' is chilling

    opinion If these transgressions can get an author moved to the "problematic" list, who and what will escape the purges?

    opinion
    • A police officer.

      Why banning 'harmful' online speech is a slippery slope

      opinion Such moves can easily lead to a disastrous shrinking of space for much-needed open discourse and dissent

      By Cathy Young Published 14 January 21

      opinion
    • President Trump.

      No, not all Trump voters are racist

      opinion The case against sweeping accusations of bigotry

      By Cathy Young Published 9 November 20

      opinion
    • President Trump.

      How Trump is radicalizing the left

      opinion Trump is not the nemesis of "woke" zealotry. He's its best booster.

      By Cathy Young Published 2 October 20

      opinion
    • Twitter Slope

      The slippery slope of Twitter's attempts to stop harassment against women

      feature The social network's instincts are admirable. But its latest effort could easily end up as a hunt for ideological heresies.

      By Cathy Young Last updated 8 January 15

      feature

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