Academics salivate at the chance to put their pet theories into practice but when they actually are able to, they’re usually the last ones to recognize the unintended consequences of their schemes.
Yearly Archives For 2011
Public Pension Time Bomb
Academic economists rarely fret over who will pay for public employee pensions, perhaps because many of them get them and most of us pay, quite a bit, into them.
The Subprime Of A Columbia Economist
When we first encountered Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz’s assertion that the Iraq War led to the sub-prime mortgage crisis, we found the assertion a bit of a reach. It turns out that there may have been more to it than met the eye.
Missing the Epoch
“No one is better that the Liberals at avoiding epochal events that they have played little part in.” R. Emmettt Tyrrell, Jr., in the September 2011 issue of The American Spectator.
No Waiver Left Behind
The granting of waivers seems to favor states that have voted for the current administration in the last election, at least for the past decade.
Roosevelt University’s New Deal
Chicago-based Roosevelt University, a school that prides itself on “social justice” seems to have dispensed precious little of it to an adjunct professor it dismissed last year.
No Deficit Left Behind
The curriculum of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top are eerily similar, and have the same result: government vagueness that leaves much to the imagination of applicants for federal funds.
9-11 By The Numbers
The tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2011 attacks upon the United States has inspired academics attempting to diminish its importance to get uncharacteristically quantitative.
University Competition with Private Enterprise
Thousands of commercial programs are being run by state and private non-profit universities, engaging in unfair competition with for-profit companies, including small businesses.
The Gipper For Real
Find out what academics will not tell you about the Reagan Years in the latest issue of Accuracy in Academia’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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