With the upcoming leadership transition in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from its fourth generation to its heralded fifth generation of leaders, the cross-China Strait relations have warmed significantly between the PRC and Taiwan, a political science professor at Penn claims.
Yearly Archives For 2011
A Real No-Brainer
The putative conservative at The New York Times urges conservatives in Congress to accept a budget deal offered by President Obama and the Democrats by citing elite opinion. That should be a red flag that the offer probably is a “no brainer,” although not in the way the cheerleading columnist utilizes the word.
Title IX Multiplied
To some in academia, federal Title IX regulations that effectively limit sports opportunities in college for men who are inclined to pursue them in order to create athletic possibilities for women who could care less do not go far enough.
English Prof Exposes Self
In an interview in The Chronicle Review, a CUNY English prof gives more detail on his background than most readers care to know, but about as much as his students have come to expect.
Remembering Whitaker Chambers
On the 50th anniversary of Whittaker Chambers’ death, July 9, it is appropriate for the media to address the legacy of international communism and the Western response.
Intern Event: Free Food & Two Presidents
Accuracy in Academia’s next author’s night will showcase a special report published by AIA’s sister organization—Accuracy in Media. “Headlines and Breadlines: Reaganomics and Obamanomics in the Media and in Reality” looks at how the New York Times and The Washington Post covered two epochal presidencies.
Rainy Day Republicans
Further proof that academics have way too much time on their hands: a study from Harvard connecting Fourth of July celebrations to Republican voting patterns.
International Law/Epic Fail
When academics actually get a chance to implement international law, justice doesn’t take a back seat: It gets kicked out of the car.
The Golden Age of American Diplomacy
GLEN COVE, NY — Virginia Republicans occupied the White House from 1801 to 1825, the golden age of American diplomacy.
Columbia’s Inner Circle
Accuracy in Academia’s sister organization, Accuracy in Media, has covered one-quarter of the faculty at the Columbia University School of Journalism and found them wanting.