In the
several days since this correspondent reported that over a hundred Stanford University community members
had signed a petition against Condoleeza Rice,
the number of signees exploded to over 800 signatures.
News
SPLiCing the Facts
The mainstream media should reevaluate where it gets its source material on hate crimes, and soon.
Teachable Moments
Here’s a couple of history lessons you are not likely to get in school.
Green Schools, Greener Students
There’s been a rush to make public schools environmentally friendly lately, so much so that polls show that students are afraid that the earth is going to melt before they make it to the prom.
Selective Censure at Stanford
Ambushed by a left-wing student at Stanford, the former Secretary of State gave two students a history lesson unlike any they are likely to receive at Palo Alto.
Quarterbacking for Growth
It wasn’t only the Republican Party and the Conservative Movement that lost an elder statesmen with the passing of former Congressman Jack Kemp.
Redefining Human Rights
When Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen released his book Development as Freedom in 1999, his argument that democratic freedoms had an economic component in the developing world was greeted with acclaim. Now a World Bank employee building upon Sen’s conception of positive and negative freedoms is arguing that the twin discourses of human rights and development need to reach an accord.
Religious Wrongs
Two wrongs don’t make a religious right.
Notre Dame v. Catholics
The efforts of Catholic Notre Dame to bring pro-choice President Barack Obama to its campus have generated a tremendous blowback.
Donor Intent Denied…To Jane Fonda
Believe it or not, the cavalier attitude that colleges and universities take towards donors can bite the left too.