Just one of the many misconceptions about conservatives, particularly in the academy, is that we all come off of an assembly line. To preserve this fiction, academics prefer to study us from a distance, if at all.
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Myth Of Cultural Imperialism
The beauty part about studying history by using primary sources is that you find that the real story is much more interesting than the comic book Robber Barons versions (think Howard Zinn) that garden variety professors like to pass on.
The Obama Academic Bloc
Both Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns attract their share of scholars. This year’s race is no exception.
GOP’s Grand Old History
Senior Washington correspondent Michael Barone, who is in a position to know, notes that an interesting thing happened in the history of the two-party system: Republicans and Democrats switched places.
History In the Morning
Columnist Ann Coulter likes to remark that for liberals, history began when they woke up in the morning, but it’s also helpful for conservatives to remember that the past has a long shelf-life.
Media Bias at Georgetown
Apparently it’s a how-to course.
Annapolis Prof Disses Academy
Academics have always had a hard time accepting the service academies even when they work for them.
Academic Ponders Free Enterprise
When academics turn their attention to America’s free enterprise system, they prove definitively that they never worked in it.
Media Illiteracy Explained
But not in the way you think.
Gates & PBS Behind Common Core
Will Common Core produce well-educated Americans or indoctrinated pacifist global citizens?