As universities around the country go full steam ahead, every pun intended, on warning students about the danger of global warming, the recent volcanic eruptions in Iceland may send already cooling temperatures further south, and not to a warmer place.
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McVeigh: Middle East Pawn
While liberal news outlets such as MSNBC were cynically exploiting the April 19 anniversary of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by attempting to tie the terrorist attack to the anti-government sentiments of the modern-day Tea Party movement, investigative reporter Jayna Davis was setting the record straight in an exclusive interview on the AIM radio show, Take AIM. The Oklahoma City bombing was an Arab/Muslim terrorist attack on the United States, she says.
Bard Thou Never Wert
DUNN LORING, VA —Rarely do I feel gratitude and even affection, toward a book with which I profoundly disagree. But such is the case with James Shapiro’s Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? (Simon & Schuster, 4/6/2010, 339 pp), a study of the Shakespeare authorship debate. Shapiro, who teaches at Columbia University, accepts the gent from Stratford as the real author, so I had to part company with him on page 8.
Harvard Law & Pedophilia
Catholic League president Bill Donohue speaks to an op-ed article in today’s New York Times by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig.
Yawning at Subsidiarity
One of the most interesting sideshows of the healthcare debate was the dustup between the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops—which opposed enactment because the law subsidizes abortions—and the Catholic Health Association (CHA), which lobbied tirelessly for enactment, claiming that the law does not violate Catholic teaching on abortion.
America’s Barbaric History
Those politicians and pedagogues who agitate for slavery reparations in the United States should consider what would happen if the descendants of slaves around the world sought the same from the countries in which their ancestors were enslaved.
Thaddeus Explains It All
AJC: Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee and member of the House Financial Services Committee, was among the invited speakers at Tuesday’s Bloggers Briefing held weekly at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Bigotry at Brandeis?
The Tea Party Movement apparently has profs at Brandeis University so upset that they decided to hold a seminar about the movement under the heading of New Right-Wing Radicalism, A Transatlantic Perspective complete with swastikas on posters promoting the event.
Venezuelan Valedictory
Academics like to connect their academic freedom to democracy’s survival but decade after decade they become enamored of dictators, from Josef Stalin to Fidel Castro. In some scholarly circles, the latest boy toy is Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez.
Southern Exposure
AJC: Although its military is spread far and wide around the globe, United States officials devote hardly any attention to America’s closest neighbors in Latin America.
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Government Persecutes For Profit Colleges
Can it be that the federal government has been waging war on for-profit colleges because, with all their problems, they still make traditional institutions of higher learning look bad? For example, the Obama Administration famously…
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Pitt’s Social Work Department Pushed for Extra Credit for Anti-Trump Protest Participation
From Campus Reform: The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work encouraged its professors to offer students extra credit to participate in an anti-Trump rally in downtown Pittsburgh. On Thursday, students and faculty in Pitt’s…
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University of Arizona Lecturer Compared Trump Presidency to Rape
That sounds like quite a terrible comparison to make, isn’t it? A University of Arizona professor compared the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency to rape, saying he is “plundering our country” and “forc[ing] his…
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10th Grade Students Performed Donald Trump Assassination Skit for English Class, Get Reprimanded
The two students weren’t suspended for their actions, which was a demand of some parents, from Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas: Two 10th grade students at Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas…
Hampshire College Students Burn American Flag for Veterans Day
This is legal under the Constitution’s First Amendment, but it seems to be a classless move by the students in preparation for Veterans Day.
Barnard College Provided Feminist Coloring Books to Help Students Cope with Trump’s Win
From Campus Reform: Barnard College students shaken over the loss of Hillary Clinton will be treated to a “space to destress in light of the tumultuous election season” Wednesday. The event, titled “Cocoa + Coloring…
Not all the news that’s fit to print: College newspapers’ Palestinian bias
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published at the Times of Israel. When Elmer Davis, director of FDR’s Office of War Information, observed that “…you cannot do much with people who are convinced that they are…
No More Kneel-Downs: Protesting North Carolina Band Members Use Armbands and Ribbons
The Carolina Journal, run by the John Locke Foundation, made an interesting point about the band members’ protests against police officer-involved shootings, per a quote by Robert Shibley, executive director at the Foundation for Individual…
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Why did Pomona College Center Pay Students to Protest against Donald Trump?
From Campus Reform: On Friday, Pomona College’s Draper Center for Community Partnerships informed the Pomona community that it will provide students with funding to participate in Saturday’s anti-Trump rally in downtown Los Angeles. “We are…
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Towson University Professors Walked Out to Protest Donald Trump’s Election
From Campus Reform: An anti-Trump walk-out at Towson University grew aggressive Monday, with students and professors denouncing white people, Trump supporters, and Republicans. Students and faculty members took leave of their classrooms, offices, and dormitories…