Further proof that academics have way too much time on their hands: a study from Harvard connecting Fourth of July celebrations to Republican voting patterns.
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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.
The Golden Age of American Diplomacy
GLEN COVE, NY — Virginia Republicans occupied the White House from 1801 to 1825, the golden age of American diplomacy.
Columbia’s Inner Circle
Accuracy in Academia’s sister organization, Accuracy in Media, has covered one-quarter of the faculty at the Columbia University School of Journalism and found them wanting.
Climageddon or Simply Seasonal?
Amongst the plethora of PhDs, hard data sets, hypotheses, and highly involved line graphs at the Heartland Institute’s 6th annual International Conference on Climate Change, a couple things can be simplified enough for the layperson to come away with and feel somewhat educated on the matter.
Rainy Day Republicans
Further proof that academics have way too much time on their hands: a study from Harvard connecting Fourth of July celebrations to Republican voting patterns.
Neither Energetic Nor Efficient
The government’s energy efficiency policies don’t produce much of either energy or efficiency according to analysts who have studied the practices.
Reporters Miss Debt Deal
Pundits debating the fates of various Republican contenders for the presidency in 2012 are missing the biggest story of 2011, a veteran Capitol Hill corresp0ndent argues.
Unbearable Whiteness of Being
Natural Law Conclusion
“The growth of the new international law is the perfect logical culmination of 50 years’ worth of bad ideas from legal academia.”—attorney Walter Olson in his book Schools For Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America.
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Obama Economist Can’t Spin Trump Jobs Data
Lisa D. Cook, a Michigan State economist who served on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), took sharp aim at her old boss’s successor in an appearance at the Center for American Progress (CAP)…
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College Bias Response Teams Chill Free Speech
Our friend George Leef discussed how many people heard of disruptive protests at Middlebury College, but not about campus bias response teams suppressing free speech in the name of tolerance and avoiding offending college students:…
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Common Core is Damaging American Student Readiness for College
Joy Pullmann at the James G. Martin Center outlined why Common Core is hurting American students’ readiness for a college career: Unfortunately, in the era of Common Core, the main educational emphasis is “career-readiness.” It…
Students Still Need Econ 101 Classes
A great piece from the James G. Martin Center on why, more than ever, college students need economics 101 courses: In an article published recently in the Atlantic, “The Curse of Econ 101,” University of Connecticut law…
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Apparently, the word “homosexual” can be offensive to gays at Emerson College. Instead, students are recommended to use the words “gay” or “lesbian.”
Title IX Sexual Assault Injustice: Guilty before Proven Innocent
A great take from Reason on the flawed reasoning of the Obama Department of Education’s Title IX sexual assault policies, which call into question the following of due process, the rule of law and the…
Students for Trump has gone into Hibernation Mode on College Campuses
Some conservative and right-leaning activists and leaders worry that this hibernation of the Students for Trump could cost the GOP come 2020 and beyond. Many of the members have been absorbed into other campus groups…
LGBTQ Lobby Pushing for NCAA to Limit Championship Tournaments to LGBTQ-Friendly Cities
Sounds like an agenda being pushed on the NCAA from the Left: Over 80 LGBTQ groups have signed on to a letter addressed to the NCAA asking the collegiate sports organization to “consider lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender…
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North Carolina Lawmakers Seek to Revoke NCAA’s Non-Profit Status over Bathroom Bill Response
At least five North Carolina lawmakers did not appreciate the meddling of the NCAA in their domestic laws, such as the case about House Bill 2 on transgenders and bathrooms. Now, they are working on…
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New York Times Skewed Survey Data to Show Foreign Students are Intimidated by Trump’s Policies
The Daily Caller with the scoop on how the New York Times skewed survey data on foreign student applications to American colleges and universities to prove a political point about President Trump’s policies. Instead of…