Global warming alarmists who claim that the science is settled on climate change are partially right: Public schools have reached a verdict on it. “A nationwide survey of 1,500 U.S. middle and high school science…
Articles By: Malcolm A. Kline
Universities Against Regulation… Of Themselves
Academics found something they don’t want the government to regulate when they looked in the mirror. “Last year, for example, the Task Force on Federal Regulation of Higher Education—formed in 2013 at the behest of…
Can College Demonstrators Lose Liberal Support?
College demonstrators might be losing support for the causes they claim to hold dear from their most natural, and effective allies. “Even sympathetic observers end up a tad uncomfortable here: Those of us who support…
Academics Resist Nationalization… Of Their Endowments
Normally, professors and college administrators see no end to their ever-expanding list of things that are “too important to be left to the free market.” Apparently, even they have their limits. When two professors from…
The Left is Down on Reagan
Even when they are trying to be even-handed, academics can’t hide their biases. “While it is certainly true that the public has a decidedly negative view on ‘the way things are going in the country…
Bill Ayers Writes New Chapter on Hypocrisy
Three and a half decades after avoiding punishment for bombing the Pentagon, Bill Ayers is still “guilty as sin, free as a bird,” to use his own phraseology of 35 years ago. “For every human…
UCLA Prof Unravels Diversity Sham
In the latest issue of The Chronicle Review, UCLA historian Russell Jacoby offers some insights into the campus diversity craze that are actually refreshing. Jacoby asks, “Should all quarters of society demographically reflect all other…
There are Downsides to Tax Cuts?
One of the scholars at the recent Philadelphia Society conclave of conservative intellectuals found an unexpected downside to tax cuts. “Congress voted against Grover Cleveland’s tariff cuts arguing that government will become bigger because of…
Lenin’s Stubborn Facts
Lenin famously said that facts are stubborn things, and they are, no matter how much his fans in academia try to hide them. “Currently the public and academic view of markets is distorted,” Paul Dragos…
Forgotten History of America’s Economic Past
One of the nice things about going to a meeting of actual scholars, as opposed to academics who dominate most academic associations, is that you get to hear some forgotten history you might otherwise be…