The old adage that the apple doesn’t fall very far from the tree seems to be playing out with a vengeance in the family of legendary left-wing academic Noam Chomsky. We’ve devoted considerable ink to…
Articles By: Malcolm A. Kline
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Recapturing a Revolution
It’s hard to find a history of the American Revolution from academia that actually tries to recapture it rather than engage in a deconstruction project.
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Conservative University’s “Sex, Lies and Women’s Studies”: Kate Obenshain and Political Activism
In “Sex, Lies and Women’s Studies” course’s final class, author and political commentator, Kate Obenshain, offers an alternative path for conservative women interested in politics by suggesting how to get involved in the process themselves,…
College Indoctrination Hits a Wall
College faculties may be further to the political left than they have ever been but students aren’t necessarily following in the same direction. “In 1971 National Review published the results of a poll of undergraduates…
Checkmating History
Perhaps chess champions who escaped from the old Soviet Union can give us better history lessons than academic historians. “Sometimes I joke that if guys like Barack Obama and David Cameron had been in power…
The Duke vs. Duke University
It’s a classic clash of symbols: The family of a right-wing icon goes head to head with a left-wing school, but for distinctly apolitical reasons. “Heirs of the late movie legend John Wayne have filed…
Academic Epiphany on Accreditation
An academic sets out to expose “The Great Accreditation Farce” but his efforts border on the farcical. “By awarding accreditation to religious colleges, the process confers legitimacy on institutions that systematically undermine the most fundamental…
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Conservative University’s “ObamaCare vs. Women” Class is Online TODAY! Check it Out!
Are women just focused on free contraceptives and birth control? Independent Women’s Forum Director of Health Policy, Hadley Heath Manning, says no; women care about accessible and affordable health care more than free birth control…
Heather Has Two Textbooks
While parents of public school children may feel besieged by alternative lifestyles, one public school teacher doesn’t think the literature available to them is diverse enough. “It takes a lot of work to find books…
U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A
It is good to remember, at least once a year, that Independence Day is more than an old movie with Will Smith. “The enemy fleet was nearing Philadelphia,” Bob Morrison, a senior fellow at the…