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Recent Articles
Soros: Angel for Catholic Academics
A Washington Post story about Catholic professors challenging Rep. John Boehner’s Catholic faith with an open letter to the House Speaker ignores the role of one of the key signers in a George Soros-funded group.
Curious Tenure Poster Boy
A veteran professor offered up an odd example of the benefits of tenure in a conference here in Washington, D. C. this week.
Soros Infiltrates Catholic University
The Catholic University of America (CUA) may have thought that AFL-CIO President Emeritus John Sweeney’s May 2nd speech on campus would be non-controversial.
Rosy Scenario 101
Academics love to forecast. For the sake of college graduates, let’s hope their latest one proves to be more warranted than now seems possible.
Academia’s Truce on Terror
You don’t have to look far for an academic connection to terrorism.
Creating an Evolutionary Bias
A pair of professors from Penn State found out that most high school teachers do not teach evolution as a proven scientific fact and the duo don’t like it one bit.
Moscow On The Hudson
When filming wrapped on Robin Williams’ breakthrough dramatic film three decades ago, the creative crew that produced it probably had no idea how prescient the title was.
Censorship on the Left
One of the few places Americans can go to for the history that schools deny them has been, whatever his quirks, The Glenn Beck Show. Apparently, this is one too many outlets for the committed Left.
Beating Dead Career Paths
More bad news for those budding Ernie Pyles of the world as The Daily Beast ranks journalism at the top of its most useless degree list.
Recent Articles
University Professor Association Still Unhappy with Revised Immigration Executive Order
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) does not like the revised immigration executive order from the Trump administration and has a history of not liking what is going on in the Trump White House.
Middlebury’s Muddled Mission
Academia today abounds in ironies, although, more often than not, the irony is lost on the denizens of academe itself. By now, the mobbing of conservative scholar Charles Murray at Middlebury College in Vermont has…
White Girls Shouldn’t Wear Hoop Earrings, Latin Student Group says
From Campus Reform: A wall on the side of a Pitzer College dormitory devoted to unmoderated free speech through art (colloquially named “the free wall”), was recently painted by a group of Latino students with…
Satanist Fliers Caused Stir at Clemson University
A flier circulated at Clemson University about a Satanist worship that is allegedly planned at the university’s chapel. It is not clear if it will actually be held, but it did cause a stir at…
Alumna: Violent Protests at Middlebury College should not Repress Free Speech
An alumna of Middlebury College, Jean Card, recently wrote an op-ed blasting the protesters for oppressing free speech during their violent protest of guest speaker Charles Murray: First, discipline for the thugs – who flagrantly…
UNC-Greensboro Flier: Boycott ‘Local Misogynists’ for Women’s Strike
It’s an odd request from a flier at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro: In an email to students and faculty in the school’s Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies Departments, a staff member invited…
Barnard College Aims to De-Invest from ‘Climate Deniers’
The board of trustees for Barnard College voted to de-invest from ‘climate deniers,’ but has not outlined what that means just yet: The move comes after years of activism by the student group Divest Barnard, which…
Sorority will allow Transgender Students at University of New Mexico
Political correctness and “gender fluidity” strike again, this time at the University of New Mexico: Women who identify as transgender will be allowed to join Alpha Chi Omega sorority after an announcement from its national…
Is the Middlebury College Faculty to Blame for Violent Protest of Conservative Speaker?
From the Boston Magazine: That is why what happened to Murray at Middlebury last week is so alarming. At the invitation of a conservative student group, Murray arrived on campus to deliver a lecture and…
Women’s Center Shut Down at Amherst College for ‘International Women’s Day’
Is it ironic that the women’s center at a liberal college shut down for a general strike and to celebrate ‘International Women’s Day’? The Women’s and Gender Center (WGC) usually provides a number of resources to women,…
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
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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