Don’t expect the Senate hearings on prospective Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to get into the question of natural law, not because it isn’t worth it but because it is. Really relevant questions are anathema…
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How About “America First” for College Admissions?
In a recent article, “Surge in foreign students may be crowding Americans out of elite colleges,” The Washington Post stumbled on the truth about one of the factors affecting the rising cost of college for American…
Have Law Schools Doomed SCOTUS?
Here’s why good Supreme Court justices, or, for that matter, attorneys in general, let alone attorneys general, are going to keep getting harder to find: Law schools going the way of the Modern Language Association…
Eco-Terrorism Protects the Environment, Claimed Professor
Eco-terrorism, which has caused tens of millions of dollars in property damage over several decades, was the focus of a recent panel discussion at the annual Modern Language Association (MLA) held in Philadelphia early this…
Professors Sticking Together in Trump’s America
At the Modern Language Association, one panel of professors discussed a thirty-year-old book and one professor encouraged the Left to stick together in a post-Donald Trump America. Christopher Castiglia, a Penn State professor specializing in…
Gays, Zombies and Queer Literature in Caribbean Culture
In an offering typical of the academic exotica on display at the Modern Language Association, and for that matter, in academia itself, a panel of profesors discussed what they called “queer (i.e. gay or homosexual)…
“Hamilton” at the MLA
“Hamilton,” a popular Broadway hip-hop musical, has now made it into the Modern Language Association consciousness. At the 2017 convention held in Philadelphia, one professor dissected the significance of the musical for minorities in America….
AIA Remembers Black History Month
But apparently academia is a little hazy on it. See the latest issue of AIA’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
MLA Vocabulary Contest
There is at least one way in which the Modern Language Association (MLA) that thousands of English professors belong to lives up to its name: they traverse in a vocabulary most of us working stiffs…
Workers of Berkeley Unite!
Now here’s a man-bites-dog story: Labor strife at Berkeley. Janitorial, custodial and cafeteria workers at Berkeley are fighting to maintain their raise from $9 to $17 an hour with benefits at a university that prides…
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Paper Claims ‘Responsive Fatherhood’ Perpetuates ‘Patriarchy’
A paper submitted to a journal claims that “responsible fatherhood” is bad because it validates and empowers the patriarchy (i.e. feminist claims about male dominance in society).
NYU Med School Free- For- All
At first blush it looks like one of Bernie Sanders’ dreams come true but a closer examination shows it may owe as much to Milton Friedman.
NYT Gets Professor To Critique Charter Schools
What could go wrong when the paper of record gets a credentialed scholar to take apart charter schools?
Safe Spaces at Brown University for Male Students to Help Unpack Masculinity
Brown University, an Ivy League university, is now offering safe spaces for male students.
‘Queer’ Christian Courses Offered This Fall at Several Universities
Several colleges and universities are pushing courses that talk about “queering” Christianity (i.e. interpreting Christianity through a homosexual/gay lens) this upcoming fall semester.
UT-Austin Professors Fight Campus Carry And Lose
When professors go off campus to justify their policies, they don’t do that well
Silent Sam Toppled
Apparently he wasn’t quiet enough.
Palestinian Split At Tufts
Pro-Israel students are calling out their university over a course that promises yet another one-sided view of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
University Of Scranton Responds To Sex Scandals
The Jesuit university I went to responds to the diocesan scandals in Pennsylvania by renaming buildings.
Twitter Recruited Professors to Help Create Better Conversations on Social Media Platform
Twitter is recruiting nine professors to help it create more meaningful dialogue and conversations, and avoid “echo chambers” that may have led to current political divisiveness in American politics.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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