The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) announced today that it is coordinating the filing of lawsuits against four universities as part of its new Stand Up For Speech Litigation Project. The project goal…
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Librarian Feels Target-ed
When Target, Inc. attempted to spread good will in the San Francisco Bay area—a market it was entering—the department store chain encountered resentment of its efforts to refurbish a public school library—from the librarian. “I…
What Would Madison Do?
Coming soon: a lawsuit filed by House Speaker John Boehner challenging President Obama’s usurpation of legislative authority. According to the Speaker’s legal theory (summarized in a memo that closely follows a recent George Will column), the…
Conservative University’s “Sex, Lies and Women’s Studies” on Gender Pay Gap
Is there a gender pay gap? Economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a former Undersecretary of Labor, says no. Mrs. Roth is currently the Director of Economics21 & Senior Fellow at The Manhattan Institute. In this presentation, she…
Common Core Subtraction
Big name Republicans giving their full-throated support to the Obama Administration’s Common Core education reforms don’t dwell too much on what they are. They don’t look good in close-up. “Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in…
Academics Blind to Terrorism
Terrorist attacks are on the rise but the academic and media elites we rely on for information are, as usual, the last to notice. According to University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer, “Terrorism—most of it…
Diversity Uber Alles
For academics, diversity is the answer, no matter what the question is. “Making news this past May was the release of employee diversity information at large tech firms, including Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo, which indicated,…
The Constitutional Case for Gridlock
The Pew Research Center published its latest survey of partisanship in American politics this past week–and with it issued another of its regular warnings about the consequences of our contemporary political polarization. The report begins with the…
Obama’s Executive Order
The Pew Research Center has released a study examining media coverage of gay marriage surrounding related Supreme Court hearings. “Stories with more statements supporting same-sex marriage outweighed those with more statements opposing it by a…
School Choice Victories
Instead of improved quality and decreased spending on education, the government continues to spend more and more while results remain stagnant. “According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress – a standardized test often referred…
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AAUP Assaults Science, National Security & Academic Freedom
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have issued a report on “National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom” that might leave readers who have studied such matters scratching their heads.
Reinserting History in AP Courses
Complaining works.
Antisemitism @ VT
Did antisemitism somehow become a job prerequisite in academia?
Confusion Over Transgender Military Service
They better clear it up so that students know where to demonstrate.
Education’s Real Common Core
He wrote volumes on education but don’t expect the books of Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) to show up on an education school’s library shelves.
Virginia Teacher Shortage & the military option
Could the second half of that equation be a solution to the first? Don’t bet on it.
Deconstructing Agnosticism
For decades, many progressives would say they were agnostic and not atheistic. At least one philosopher is trying to close that escape valve.
Princeton Student Imprisoned in Iran
We frequently learn the hard way that for all of our conflicts over academic freedom, there is more of it in the United States than there is anywhere else.
Judith Butler Questions Absolute Free Speech
It doesn’t seem to occur to her that there’s a reason it is the First Amendment.
SCADs Of Dollars for Art & Design
The Savannah College of Art and Design is throwing up a lot of numbers on its home page to prove it benefits Georgia’s economy but it is missing a few.
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
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