With a full year under his belt and approval ratings below 50%, many Americans seem disenchanted with President Obama’s leadership. Even former ivory tower advocates for the President, it seems, are criticizing hope and change in action.
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Elites Connect Dots
AJC: When academics take over homeland security, the last thing they consider is…the security. A presidential administration laden with Ph.Ds is showing us the way. -ED
Age Studies, Part One
Since its inception Accuracy in Academia has catalogued the inner politics of a series of Humanities disciplines, including women’s studies, queer studies, fat studies, labor studies, and others. This article will introduce a lesser-known Humanities field: age studies.
Progressives Discover Bioethics
AJC: The Center for American Progress sponsored the event Progress in Bioethics to promote a stronger relationship between scientific innovation and politics on the grounds that bio-politics is the next frontier.
Age Studies, Part Two
Three MLA speakers draw a parallel between ageism and “neoliberal” economic policies.
Tear Down This Wall
Get the latest on Accuracy in Academia’s speakers, seminars, publications and programs in the January issue of AIA’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
NAMBLA-gate, Part Three
A Marxist atheist trained in materialism, Harry Hay tried to find spirituality in his own confused sexual identity, eventually developing the idea that he was a “Radical Faerie” who had male and female traits. A communist, he was also a supporter of the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA).
Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Constitutional Amendment
California Governor Schwarzenegger proposes Constitutional amendment mandating more government expenditures on higher ed than prisons. Read more here.
What an IU Law Prof professes
Catholic League president Bill Donohue calls attention to the decision of President Obama to renominate Dawn Johnsen to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.
The New Chicago School
The college where Nobel Prize-winning free market economist Milton Friedman hung his hat for many a decade—the University of Chicago—has had a well-deserved reputation for going against the academic grain that at least dates back to the tenure of its former president Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977) during the Great Depression. By a happy coincidence, the conservative icon and the hero of liberals overlapped.
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Retired Christian Professor Blasted by Christian Conference for Stating Views on Homosexuality
A Christian professor was criticized by a conference he was speaking at, which is composed of Christians, due to his public statement of Christian views on homosexuality: The small world of Christian philosophy has erupted…
University of Arkansas Offers Discounts to Students who Acknowledge Rape Statistics
The ‘rape culture’ narrative is alive and well at the University of Arkansas: According to a flier obtained by MRCTV, the University of Arkansas is holding a “That’s so 6%” campaign for people to acknowledge…
Congresswoman Blasts Abortion Industry for Rebuffing Congress
Marsha Blackburn, a Republican congresswoman from Tennessee, wrote a blistering piece on the abortion industry’s resistance to Congress: Because StemExpress and its CEO, Cate Dyer, have refused to comply with several subpoenas, we have recommended…
Academic Freedom during Times of Political Correctness
Read Jay Schalin’s latest piece at the Pope Center on Zionists vs. ‘post-Zionists’: In 2010, a seemingly insignificant event in a far-off land caught my eye. The Israeli academic world was having a fracas over…
College of William and Mary Hid Gang-Related Nature of On-Campus Shooting
Hiding the truth from the public? Hmmm… After a shooting occurred within a thousand feet of several residence halls at the College of William & Mary – leaving a security guard with a bullet permanently lodged…
Cybersecurity Worries Intelligence Officials
Cybersecurity is a huge concern for the CIA in today’s world. At a panel during a recent CIA-George Washington University conference, several panelists from the CIA, the U.S. Naval Academy and cybersecurity consulting firms discussed…
The Wells Fargo Scandal Sounds a Lot like the Atlanta Teacher-Test Scores Scandal
A good read on the similarities between the two scandals: This all sounds a lot like the Atlanta public schools test-cheating scandal of 2013. The superintendent relied on cash incentives for raising test scores and…
40% of College Students are Over the Age of 25
Wow…read it for yourself: In today’s rapidly shifting economy, Americans now know that keeping their skills and education fresh is a lifelong imperative. The proportion of “adult learners” has exploded in recent years, and students…
Study: American Businesses Benefit from Immigration, Taxpayers Don’t
This is an interesting summary by the Center for Immigration Studies on a recent study by the National Academies (known as NAS): The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have just published a report…
Catholic College’s Spiritual Arm Supports ‘Black Lives Matter’
At Loyola University in Chicago, the university’s Campus Ministry approved of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest by its students, some of which called police officers ‘pigs’ and other such terms, and tweeted their support: Proud…
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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Ayn Rand Reconsidered
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