Universities may want to adopt a basic rule to avoid mission creep: When you have failed in your basic task, it is probably not a good idea to enter into new ventures outside of that…
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Did Governor Scott Walker Graduate?
Reports that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker did not graduate from college have provoked a stream of broadsides, most of them misleading. For starters, he left after three and a half years “in good standing,” according…
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
On this President’s Day, let’s recall the words of Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and…
Economists Need a Field Trip to the Real World
At least one economist gets off campus frequently enough to see what the real economy looks like and, naturally, he’s a free market type. Perhaps he should take his colleagues on a field trip. “American…
Digital Age has Hurt America’s Ability to Write Well
Nostalgia is overrated, a Harvard psychologist says. “The bad-dominates-good phenomenon is multiplied by a second source of bias, sometimes called the illusion of the good old days,” Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker said at a…
Unions cap Charter School Growth
Charter school growth has exploded over the last two decades and so have the waiting lists to get in them. “Today there are charter school laws in 42 states and the District of Columbia,” Nina…
Obama’s Apology Tour Defense
An academic tries to make the case that our peripatetic president’s business trips abroad do not constitute an “apology tour,” as some of President Obama’s critics have often alleged. “Obama always links the expansion of…
George W. Bush Reappraised? Sort of
We think we’ve found the closest thing you will ever see to a scholarly defense of George W. Bush. “Let me begin by acknowledging that George W. Bush is unlikely to be remembered as a…
Marquette Fires Traditional, Well-Liked Professor
Proving once again that tenure offers little protection to more conservative scholars, Marquette’s president recently fired a tenured professor who possessed a more traditional outlook. “On November 9, 2014, you chose to post on the…
Scott Walker’s Smart Higher Ed Proposal
The governor of Wisconsin has provoked the ire of the higher education establishment in the state by suggesting that professors on the state payroll spend less and work more. “In the future, by not having…
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Scholar Scores Corrosive Culture
At least one public intellectual has come up with a critical read on modern day culture that is worth reviewing, and not just because it will make feminists howl.
Marine-Hating California High School Teacher Doubles Down
If you are following the story of the Marine-hating teacher who shared his angst with his students, you might know that: (a.) He’s, to put it mildly, unrepentant; and (b.) There may be many more…
IU Survey: Christians Not Going Green
Despite their best efforts, environmentalists have not been able to green Christianity, in fact they’ve been losing ground, according to a survey from Indiana University.
NYPS: Father-Daughter Dance Not Gender-Neutral
A Staten Island public school has scrapped its annual father-daughter dance so as not to run afoul of Governor Cuomo’s Department of Education.
Feminist Philosophy at Columbia, Or Else
The good news is that here are still courses at Columbia that allow for genuine academic inquiry. The bad news is that it is too easy to find the other type.
Administrators More Totalitarian Than Professors
A young man from Saddleback College recently offered an essay in the Intercollegiate Review that illustrates a trend we’ve noticed for some time: the greatest danger to free speech on campus comes not from the professoriate, no matter how far left they lean, but from administrators.
UCLA Student Government Subsidizes Illegal Aliens
It apparently never occurred to them that poor, hard-working American students might benefit from any “surplus” in student fees.
California Senate Requires Abortion Pill In College
Because mere abortion-on-demand is too pro-life a position for them.
Realities of Communism 101
Those students who profess a fond view of communism when polled should educate themselves a bit, short of going through the experience Otto Warmbier had.
Too Many ‘Male-Dominated’ Textbooks in Economics, Professor Argues
University of Michigan professor Betsey Stevenson presented the argument that there are too many “male-dominated” textbooks in economics.
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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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