Perhaps one of the unfortunate byproducts of the lumping together of English and History under the rubric “Humanities” is that English professors start to think of themselves as historians. When they try to be, they prove that they are not.
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Language of the Presidential Election
Obama may have won a second term in November, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is 100% satisfied and that includes the members of the Modern Language Association.
Commemorating a Non-Conformist
Just one of the many misconceptions about conservatives, particularly in the academy, is that we all come off of an assembly line. To preserve this fiction, academics prefer to study us from a distance, if at all.
History In the Morning
Columnist Ann Coulter likes to remark that for liberals, history began when they woke up in the morning, but it’s also helpful for conservatives to remember that the past has a long shelf-life.
Education Not Spelled J-O-B-S
Doubtless the president’s amen corner in academia loved it when he answered a debate question on jobs with a dissertation on education. Yet while academics may have stomped and whistled, those unenlightened folk outside the faculty lounge might be forgiven if they find the First Answer clueless.
Academic Study Scores Obama
As if he hasn’t had enough bad news, now the presdent faces a study finding him wanting from one of his key constituencies—academia.
As the world turns…
Co-author of failed foreign policy continues to offer input from academic berth.
Berkeley on the Potomac
Capitol Hill habitués here in Washington, D. C. got a chance to experience a bit of what life is like on a college campus today in a debate at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday.
International Law/Epic Fail
When academics actually get a chance to implement international law, justice doesn’t take a back seat: It gets kicked out of the car.
Size 44 Weird
Many presidents have, on occasion, done weird things—only one president of the 44 is Weird.