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College Prep

Boys Are In Trouble

“Boys are in trouble,” said Krista Kafer, visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. “The facts are quite clear; boys trail girls in most indicators of academic excellence such as, school engagement, achievement scores, and graduation rates at secondary and postsecondary levels.”

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Eugenic Darwinism

Charles Darwin is partly to blame for eugenics, according to Discovery Institute senior fellow John West.

Features

Indoctrinate U: A Must See Movie!

Shouldn’t universities be promoting different thoughts and viewpoints, encouraging diverse discussion and debate? Does this homogeneous, narrow-minded, intolerant brainwashing that’s happening all over American campuses perk your interest? Then you must see Indoctrinate U!

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“Border” Big Hit on College Campuses

Border, a new independent documentary film confronting the hot topic of illegal immigration along the Mexican border is receiving rave reviews on college campuses. Border films what is really happening in the southwest.

Perspectives

Darwinian Conservatism?

Could adhering to Darwinism help the conservative cause? Yes, according to Larry Arnhart, who spoke on the topic this week during a heated panel discussion at the American Enterprise Institute. He calls this new way of thinking, “Darwinian Conservatism”.

Perspectives

The 411 for Politicians

Harvard University’s Institute of Politics (IOP) Student Survey Group recently released their “10 Things Politicians Should Know About Young People” based on their results from an online national poll of 2,923 18-24 year-olds.

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18-24 Year-Olds Choose Obama & Giuliani

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Senator Barack Obama are first choice among 18-24 year-olds for President in 2008 according to the Harvard Institute of Politics 12th Biannual Youth Survey on Politics and Public Service.

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Rap for the Rich

The controversy continues to swirl around the remarks made by Don Imus about the Rutger’s Women’s basketball team being “nappy headed hoes”—which eventually got him fired.

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Battle of the Online Encyclopedias

Conservapedia is one of the most recent online encyclopedias trying to make its mark as an accurate reference source…what really makes this site so unique is their claim to be “without the liberal and anti-Christian bias of other online sources like Wikipedia.”

Book Reviews

A Marriage Textbook?

The Meaning of Marriage: family, state, market and morals is a collection of ten scholarly essays aiming to rethink and re-present the case for marriage as a positive institution.

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From Arab to Infidel

Her name is Nonie Darwish, an American resident since 1978, married and mother of three. Her voice has become a megaphone for Arabs who support Israel.

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What Went Wrong At Duke?

“This was a slow motion, legal lynching… these boys were unprotected,” author Christina Hoff Sommers said at a panel discussion at the Independent Women’s Forum (INF) in Washington D.C. last week.