Articles by Bethany Stotts

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More Fake Millennial Studies

Having a progressive institution such as the Center for American Progress (CAP) produce a study that doesn’t show Millennials, ages 18 to 29, to be largely progressive would defeat the researchers’ goals.

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Millennials Need Jobs

As colleges’ new graduates attempt to enter the workforce this summer, their chances of finding a job in a down-turned economy seem bleak, especially for young men.

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Stanford Shuns Condi Again

In the
several days since this correspondent reported that over a hundred Stanford University community members
had signed a petition against Condoleeza Rice,
the number of signees exploded to over 800 signatures.

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SPLiCing the Facts

The mainstream media should reevaluate where it gets its source material on hate crimes, and soon.

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Selective Censure at Stanford

Ambushed by a left-wing student at Stanford, the former Secretary of State gave two students a history lesson unlike any they are likely to receive at Palo Alto.

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Redefining Human Rights

When Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen released his book Development as Freedom in 1999, his argument that democratic freedoms had an economic component in the developing world was greeted with acclaim. Now a World Bank employee building upon Sen’s conception of positive and negative freedoms is arguing that the twin discourses of human rights and development need to reach an accord.

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Health Care Inconvenient Truths

As Congress debates the merits and methods of health-care reform it is important to remember government’s decades-long record on social programs such as Medicare and Social Security.

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DC Commencement Circuit

Happy graduates are about to go off to seek their fortunes in a not-so-friendly job market. But before they can pursue careers in business, writing, science and other fields, they must pass one last indoctrination hurdle: the commencement speech.

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Right-Wing Extremism Explored

The Department of Homeland Security memo outlining the emerging “threat” of right-wing extremism has been heavily criticized over the last couple weeks for its vagueness and apparent attempt to ideologically profile individuals of conservative ideology.

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A Question of Funding

According to The Chronicle Review, a publication of The Chronicle of Higher Education, academics are considering taking Obamamania to a new level for their fundraising enterprises.

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The Franking Privilege

Frankly scandalized: that’s how some American University seniors felt when they learned that their 2009 commencement speaker would be none other than Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.).

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Censorship Via Mob Rule

Conservatives are still looking for free speech zones on American college campuses.