Robert W. McChesney, the socialist professor whose Free Press organization is leading the charge for the $50 billion “progressive” transformation of the media, hosts a one-sided, tax-supported radio program sponsored by the University of Illinois that could serve as a model for the “New Public Media” the group has envisioned for America.
Read the articleThe campus “divestment against Israel” campaign is known for its grassroots, media-grabbing student demonstrations, but was the entire movement actually orchestrated by Palestinian government operatives?
Read the articleI would think a peacenik would abhor all war and call for peace whenever and wherever it broke out. But alas, the peace movement is currently silent (Day Four) when it comes to the recent Russian invasion of Georgia.
Read the articleAlthough Ward Churchill was finally fired by the University of Colorado, Boulder for plagiarism and dishonest scholarship rather than his 9-11 remarks, you’d never know it from his website at www.wardchurchill.net, aka the “Ward Churchill Solidarity Network,” dedicated to “Defending Academic Freedom and Political Dissent.”
Read the articleModern Language Association (MLA) professors attempted to answer questions about style and meaning by drawing upon postmodern academics, one of whom belongs to the radical “naturalist” Brights movement.
Read the articleWhile America may have been content to sit back and ignore political developments in other less powerful countries in the past, aggressive foreign powers have dedicated a significant amount of their time and energy to identify—and exploit— America’s weaknesses.
Read the articleWhen economists become politically active, they risk betraying their chosen academic field even as they promote their favorite political causes.
Read the articleDid MIT let a distinguished black scientist go because of his opposition to embryonic stem cell research?
Read the articleBen Shapiro urges us to look beyond the self-identification offered by critics of Israel both within and outside the Ivory Tower.
Read the articleFor those who doubt the far leftward tilt of college campuses, one needs to look no further than an article published in the University of Chicago’s Critical Inquiry to dispel such doubts.
Read the articleWe actually found an American History teacher capable of critical thinking.
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