Mark Steyn's Vindication: A Triumph for Free Speech and Personal Fortitude David Manney

What began as a battle over words became a battle over the soul of free speech.

In 2012, Michael Mann filed a defamation suit against Steyn, the National Review, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), and Rand Simberg. 

Simberg had published a blog post likening Mann’s professional conduct to Penn State’s handling of Jerry Sandusky. 

• Steyn quoted Simberg’s post and added his commentary, calling Mann’s famous "hockey stick" graph fraudulent.
• Rather than engage in rebuttal, Mann went for the jugular. He sued.

Steyn endured a legal process that lasted over a decade, dragging him through courtrooms, draining his resources, and exposing him to smears...

• Mark Steyn’s story is not just about one man’s fight against the system. It’s about the system’s fear of one man...
• That Steyn did so while recovering from multiple heart attacks and footing his own legal bills only adds to the gravity of his achievement. 

Most people would have walked away, and most would have compromised.
Steyn doubled down...