Charles Mitchell

Charles Mitchell hails from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He received a B.A. summa cum laude in history and economics and an education in the workings of political correctness from Bucknell University. While there, he edited The Counterweight, a popular alternative magazine that drew the attention of the New York Times Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Time, the Wall Street Journal, and the forthcoming documentary Indoctrinate U. Charles has been a FIRE client (2002) and a FIRE intern (2003), as well as a Heritage Foundation intern (2004) and a Publius Fellow of the Claremont Institute (2005). He has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, and Fox News and written in the Harrisburg Patriot-News, the Washington Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Campus Magazine. His interests include firearms, politics, writing, theology, and sitting in Rittenhouse Square with his fiancée, Charissa.
Contributions
- "Bucknell should embrace free speech as Lehigh University does,"
by Charles Mitchell, The Morning Call, October 20, 2009 - "Banned in Marquette: No free speech zone for the words of Dave Barry,"
by Charles Mitchell, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 29, 2009 - "Speech codes make universities intolerant,"
by Charles Mitchell, The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pa.), January 5, 2006 - "Letter to the Editor,"
by Charles Mitchell, National Review, December 5, 2005 - "Hey, Derek Zoolander: Stay away from Flagstaff!,"
by Charles Mitchell, Knight Ridder/Tribune, November 16, 2005 - "Liberating America’s Intellectual Gulags,"
by Charles Mitchell, Campus Magazine, April 15, 2005 - "Colleges Pervert the Word ‘Political’,"
by Charles Mitchell, Townhall.com, July 29, 2004
Articles
- "FIRE Comes to Chicago,"
by Charles Mitchell, April 24, 2006 - "‘Misplaced Political Correctness’,"
by Charles Mitchell, April 17, 2006 - "South Park Mirrors Life,"
by Charles Mitchell, April 13, 2006 - "The Right Response,"
by Charles Mitchell, April 5, 2006 - "DePaul: The Nightmare That Keeps on Recurring,"
by Charles Mitchell, April 3, 2006 - "Censors Win at NYU,"
by Charles Mitchell, March 30, 2006 - "NYU’s Shame,"
by Charles Mitchell, March 29, 2006 - "Dartmouth, What Are You Doing?,"
by Charles Mitchell, March 27, 2006 - "Kersten Lauds FIRE’s Religious Liberty Efforts,"
by Charles Mitchell, March 9, 2006 - "Editorials Endorse Repeal of ‘Bible Study Ban’,"
by Charles Mitchell, March 9, 2006 - "The ‘Right’ Not to Be Offended, Part 3,590,328,"
by Charles Mitchell, March 7, 2006 - "A Few Good Interns,"
by Charles Mitchell, March 3, 2006 - "Complete Victory in Washington,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 28, 2006 - "Possible Lawsuit at Stanford,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 28, 2006 - "‘If Harvard’s President Can’t Be Provocative, Who Can?’,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 24, 2006 - "The UW Waiting Game Begins,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 15, 2006 - "Happy Valentine’s Day—Harasser!,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 14, 2006 - "DePaul, Meet Kutztown,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 10, 2006 - "Legislators Renew Call for Religious Liberty at UW,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 9, 2006 - "FIRE Cases in the ‘Washington Post’,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 6, 2006 - "Liberty in the Balance in North Carolina,"
by Charles Mitchell, February 1, 2006 - "The Hamilton Insurgency Continues,"
by Charles Mitchell, January 27, 2006 - "Nine Days Left to Set UW Straight,"
by Charles Mitchell, January 27, 2006 - "Silverglate Weighs In on Sexual Harassment Study,"
by Charles Mitchell, January 26, 2006 - "More on UWEC’s Double Standard,"
by Charles Mitchell, January 24, 2006 - "Giving Credit Where Credit’s Due,"
by Charles Mitchell, January 23, 2006 - "Le Moyne Has No Shame,"
by Charles Mitchell, January 20, 2006 - "Bring Your Moral Outrage to Bear on UW,"
by Charles Mitchell, January 19, 2006 - "On National Television Tonight: DePaul Surrenders,"
by Charles Mitchell, January 6, 2006 - "Ending 2005 in Style,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 30, 2005 - "The Most Despicable Double Standard of 2005,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 27, 2005 - "The Next Step for UWEC,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 23, 2005 - "Cal State’s Spineless Defense,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 20, 2005 - "UNC-Orwellian,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 19, 2005 - "FIRE’s Work Lauded in Newspapers Nationwide,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 12, 2005 - "Treating Students as Adults? What a Concept!,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 12, 2005 - "Listen to FIRE on the Radio Today,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 9, 2005 - "Universities’ War on the Free Press Continues,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 8, 2005 - "Disturbing Indeed,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 2, 2005 - "Beating the Drum in Arizona,"
by Charles Mitchell, December 1, 2005 - "Hey, UWEC: Had Enough Yet?,"
by Charles Mitchell, November 30, 2005 - "UWEC: It Gets Worse and Worse,"
by Charles Mitchell, November 21, 2005 - "Wisconsin Readers: Watch FIRE on TV Tonight!,"
by Charles Mitchell, November 18, 2005 - "Oregon State’s Double Standard for Vandalism,"
by Charles Mitchell, November 17, 2005 - "Newspaper Editors Denounce Wisconsin Bible Study Ban,"
by Charles Mitchell, November 15, 2005 - "Editorial Board Denounces ‘Speech Code of the Month’ School,"
by Charles Mitchell, November 1, 2005 - "More from Cornell,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 28, 2005 - "Confused Cornell,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 26, 2005 - "Free Speech for Some,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 20, 2005 - "‘Hosty v. Carter’: Promise Kept, Brief Filed,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 19, 2005 - "Washington State’s Latest Spin,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 19, 2005 - "Feelings vs. Freedom,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 14, 2005 - "Hey, Justice Scalia: Stay Away from Washington State!,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 12, 2005 - "Arizona State: ‘A New American University’?,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 5, 2005 - "More on the University of Virginia,"
by Charles Mitchell, October 3, 2005 - "Politics vs. Porn,"
by Charles Mitchell, September 30, 2005 - "Hunting Witches and Terrorists,"
by Charles Mitchell, September 29, 2005 - "A Commission, Eh?,"
by Charles Mitchell, September 21, 2005 - "FIRE v. ‘Hosty’,"
by Charles Mitchell, September 19, 2005 - "FIRE Starts Off the School Year with a Bang,"
by Charles Mitchell, September 6, 2005 - "WWJD—What Would Jefferson Do?,"
by Charles Mitchell, September 1, 2005 - "AU President Placed on Leave,"
by Charles Mitchell, August 25, 2005 - "Fat Chance,"
by Charles Mitchell, August 25, 2005 - "The Hamilton Insurgency: Hopefully Not Over,"
by Charles Mitchell, August 19, 2005 - "FIRE on National Television TONIGHT!,"
by Charles Mitchell, August 15, 2005 - "This Month in FIRE History: Rhode Island College, Round 1,"
by Charles Mitchell, August 12, 2005 - "William Paterson University’s Disgrace,"
by Charles Mitchell, August 10, 2005 - "File Under ‘See No Evil’,"
by Charles Mitchell, August 3, 2005 - "The Hamilton Insurgency?,"
by Charles Mitchell, July 28, 2005 - "Facing the Consequences of One’s Actions,"
by Charles Mitchell, July 26, 2005 - "Turning on the Spotlight,"
by Charles Mitchell, July 26, 2005 - "Well, Yes, But...,"
by Charles Mitchell, July 25, 2005 - "Prof Gives William Paterson Prez an ‘F’,"
by Charles Mitchell, July 22, 2005 - "Spokane Newspaper Denounces WSU Censorship,"
by Charles Mitchell, July 19, 2005 - "Passion of the Heckler,"
by Charles Mitchell, July 18, 2005 - "More Good News from Florida,"
by Charles Mitchell, June 30, 2005 - "Old FIRE Case Meets—eBay?,"
by Charles Mitchell, June 29, 2005 - "Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have a Convert!,"
by Charles Mitchell, June 24, 2005 - "Ugh,"
by Charles Mitchell, June 22, 2005 - "PETA Applauds FIRE,"
by Charles Mitchell, June 17, 2005 - "The Search for Truth—So Long As It Doesn’t Offend My Sensibilities!,"
by Charles Mitchell, June 13, 2005 - "‘Daily, Systematic Deprivation of the Civil Liberties of Students and Professors’,"
by Charles Mitchell, June 9, 2005 - "‘A Step in the Right Direction’,"
by Charles Mitchell, June 6, 2005



