The National Association of Scholars found the history courses in two flagship universities in Texas—the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and Texas A&M University at College Station (A&M)— to be racially biased, but not in the manner in which the Left understands the term.
Articles By: Malcolm A. Kline
Red Chinese Choices
“Many Chinese are still poor, far fewer Chinese have access to clean water than to cell phones, and they still face many hurdles in protecting their rights and exercising their freedom.”—Ronald Coase and Ning Wang,…
Academic Freedom of Information
Oddly, those academics who most cherish their academic freedom seem just as intent on exercising it secretly.
MLA Requiem
A pair of professors objected to our coverage of them at the Modern Language Association (MLA) meeting in Boston this year. Near as we can figure out, what they objected to was the fact that we covered them.
Selkie Girl Deconstructed
Stopped clocks can be right twice a day. So can academics. But in neither case can they tell the difference between AM and PM.
Her first clue should have been the word “ruler”
“The increasing favoritism shown by ostensibly elected or revolutionary heads of state in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt to their immediate kin—the Tunisian president’s in-laws, the Libyan leader’s tribesmen, the Egyptian ruler’s son—was an infuriating affront…
Railing on Rand Again
Ayn Rand does provide much fodder for academics.
“Hypocritical Shariah”
Thus does a student characterize the law of the land in Dubai.
Who Tells Rape Jokes?
The culture you get at cultural meetings nowadays is of the popular variety.
What Academics Admire Most
If you want to know what academics admire most in each other, spend some time listening to them share their enthusiasms.