A new report to be issued in January by the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future predicts that most newspapers will be dead in five years.
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Academia Gaga for Gaga
One of the trends that’s recently taken hold in academia is the focus on deconstructing/or and elevating pop culture icons into objects worthy of serious academic study.
Krugman vs. America
“Paul Krugman , the former Enron advisor whose work in the media-academia-government nexus puts him as far away from normal Americans as one can be while still living in America.” .”—
Former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn
Austan Skull & Bones
“Austan Goolsbee—the name alone tells you that he was Skull and Bones.”—
Former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn
1st Amendment Endangered Again
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a petition Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court that asks it to weigh in on a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit against Christian student organizations at San Diego State University.
Being Your Own Narrator
“The apparent fear that so many young people have of ever being quiet enough to listen to the narrator in their heads and hear what it is saying, is thoroughly dysfunctional.”— Adam Garfinkle, Editor of The American Interest magazine, at the Foreign Policy Research Institute forum on “Teaching the Middle East: Between Authoritarianism and Reform,” held October 15-16, 2011.
Academic Bureaucracy in Motion
If colleges and universities look hopelessly bureaucratic from the outside, the view from inside is even worse.
Colleges Not Paying Fair Share
“The University of Central Florida is one of more than 30 colleges the Internal Revenue Service has been auditing to see whether they have paid enough taxes on profits earned through advertising, special events and other commercial activities.”— Denise-Marie Balona, Orlando Sentinel, December 10, 2011
Who is Persecuting Whom?
The governor of Texas, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, got a first-hand taste of what college life is like for conservative students on a foray into an Ames, Iowa coffee shop.
The Everyman Elite
The authors who are read most widely are those who are no longer around. Former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn pays homage to a quartet of them in his latest book, Blue Collar Intellectuals.
Recent Articles
Professor who Tweeted President Trump ‘Must Hang’ is On Leave for a Semester
Fresno professor Lars Maischak is officially on a “voluntary leave of absence” after tweeting that President Trump ‘must hang’ on social media.
Penn Student Editorial Board: We’re Disappointed Freedom of Speech isn’t Being Defended at Berkeley
The Daily Pennsylvanian criticized other student newspapers for not standing up for the freedom of speech in light of riots and protests at Cal-Berkeley and Middlebury College.
Colleges Reject Common Humanity, Focus on Group Warfare
Colleges are dividing its students and imposing the idea that humanity is better off knowing what makes them different, to the point that it stokes racial tensions.
Harvard Study: Minimum Wage Hike Forcing Businesses to Close
The minimum wage hike in San Francisco is forcing businesses to close before it’s fully implemented.
“Queer Communism” For Kids
Yes, there is such a thing as “queer communism” for those fixated on the destruction of the traditional family and identify with the Russian socialist revolution in 1917.
Theater Professor Claimed He Can’t Sleep during a Trump Presidency
An adjunct professor of theater claimed that he’s had many sleepless nights after Donald Trump became president.
The Triumph of “Fake” History
The study of American history on college campuses has fallen from 18% in 1972 to 9% today, said historian Daniel Pipes.
Berkeley Canceled, Then Approved Speech by Conservative Speaker Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter had her speech canceled by the University of California-Berkeley, then the university reversed that decision and said she could speak in May. Huh?!
Professors Alleged that Critics of Debunked Campus Assault Statistic are ‘Confused’
The 1-in-5 campus sexual assault statistic is misunderstood by conservatives, a recent meta-analysis (i.e. academic study) claimed.
Letter: College should take action against Conservative Journalists
Free speech is allegedly something based in white supremacy, said a letter written by college students in California.
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…
Recent Posts
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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