Recently, an associate professor at Cornell took umbrage at our chiding her for making one reference to Stalin’s death count in an article on the Soviet dictator that seemed to downplay his casualties.
Articles By: Malcolm A. Kline
Conservative Dissent on MOOCs
What started out as a classic left-right confrontation is evolving into an interesting split.
Corrosion of Ivory Tower
The view of academia from outside the gates may be bleak, but from inside, it’s much worse.
Catholic Colleges: Quo Vadis?
Catholic colleges operating in the secular world could go the way of Protestant colleges in the last century or so.
The Real Thought Leaders
When you cover ersatz intellectuals day in and day out as we do here at Accuracy in Academia, it is refreshing to meet genuine scholars.
Stalin, A Bloodless Editor
After all these decades, an academic finally found something negative to say about Soviet dictator Josef Stalin: He was a tyrannical…editor.
Ultimate Man of Letters
Last weekend, the Philadelphia Society met at its regional meeting in Atlanta to celebrate the life and thoughts of one of its members—Russell Kirk, arguably one of the pre-eminent men of letters in the twentieth Century.
Last Subsidized, First Cherished
In the private sector, the rule of thumb in economic downturns is, “Last hired, first fired.” Get government involved and that principle gets turned on its head.
Common Core: Trojan Horse?
Former Republican governors supporting President Obama’s Common Core education reforms may be riding a Trojan Horse.
Defending Western history
Recently, one of our favorite authors—Diana West, author of American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character— has been attacked, not from the Left but from prominent pundits who identify themselves as conservatives.