Here’s the problem with the English professors at the Modern Language Association (MLA) attempting to define humor: They’re not funny, at least intentionally. “Theories of life-writing do not work in stand –up comedy,” Dale Tracy…
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Civil Rights History, Queered
Occasionally, professors at the Modern Language Association (MLA) have good points to make. Unfortunately, they soon get buried in the MLA’s favorite themes and concepts. “Chicago remains one of the most deeply segregated cities in…
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Mugging Melville
One of the speakers at this year’s Modern Language Association (MLA) meeting brought up a fascinating quote by William Wordsworth that may well be an indictment of the annual conclave of English professors: “To dissect…
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Humanities PhDs: Write if you find work
You might be surprised to learn that there are employment opportunities for college graduates with PhDs in the Humanities. You might not be surprised to find out that they are usually with left-wing cause groups….
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Top Ten Articles on Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter made headlines in 2016, with academics, college administrators and college students taking up this banner of anti-police and anti-white privilege on their own college campuses. Here are ten articles from this year…
Obama’s “Evidence” Against Russia Falls Flat
The Democrats have been saying that there’s proof that the Russians hacked into Democratic Party computers for the purpose of obtaining and planting information that would help elect Donald J. Trump as president. But the…
Obama’s Indifference to White “Deaths of Despair”
A Soros-funded faux Catholic group called Faith in Public Life is holding what it calls a “special briefing” on “Faithful Resistance to Rising White Nationalism,” featuring Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)….
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WATCH: Thomas Sowell Tries to Educate Joe Biden during SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing
If one of our greatest minds has this hard a time educating the Left, what chance do the rest of us have? Thomas Sowell, in the YouTube video below, is at a Senate Judiciary Committee…
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Five Examples of Anti-Trump Rhetoric on College Campuses
Suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, college professors, faculty, administrators and students appear to be unable to cope with an impending Donald Trump presidency. Examples of Trump Derangement Syndrome and anti-Trump rhetoric range from extra credit…
Five Examples of Trump Derangement Syndrome
The Left on college campuses appear to suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome after the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. Ranging from hate crimes and race hoaxes to not…
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Colorado Introduces 4-day School Week
Will this innovation have the same impact as its experiments with marijuana legalization?
Feminist Academic Journal, After Fake Study Controversy, Slows Down Publishing over the Summer
The feminist academic journal, “Gender, Place and Culture,” used to print one article a month, but over the summer, only printed one article. This apparent decrease in journal articles could be linked to a fake article it published and had to retract.
Vanderbilt University Changed Event Title which Accused ‘White Women’ of Being Fake Allies
A Vanderbilt University workshop changed its name after it initially blamed white women for being fake allies in the fight against white supremacy.
None Dare Call It Recruitment
When LGBTQ activists camp out in high schools.
Noam Chomsky Hits The Road
The sage of MIT is taking his act to Arizona.
Bryn Mawr College Removes Past President’s Name from Buildings due to Racism Claims
One of Bryn Mawr College’s past presidents was viewed as a hero, with buildings named after her on the college campus, until further research discovered she was anti-Semitic and refused to admit black students.
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Study: Professors who are NRA Members More Likely to Face Hiring Discrimination
A study by a North Texas professor claimed that professors who are NRA members are less likely to be hired, due to the liberal biases of hiring committees and academics.
Microaggressions Against Atheists Measured
Who says academics don’t do anything quantifiable?
Academics Using STEM To Take Down NeoLiberalism
If you spend any time at academic conferences, you realize that their biggest target is not conservatives (and realize they have vanquished), who they barely acknowledge, but “neoliberals.”
Fewer Catholic Schools But Not Employees Thereof
That’s right, the number of Catholic schools has gone down but the number of employees of them has remained about the same.