On October 11, 2006, Jamie Kalven gave a speech titled "Sympathy for the Censor" at the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum. The text of the speech is available here; and an audio version here. Studs Terkel introduced Kalven; hence the references to him at the beginning of the speech.

In this talk, Kalven addresses the case, pending in federal district court, arising from his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the City of Chicago demanding his notes on police abuses, in connection with Bond v. Utreras, the federal civil rights suit described in "Kicking the Pigeon." (An article by David Bernstein in Chicago Magazine provides background on this controversy.)