Critical thinking seems to have eluded the media and academic elites in their mostly gushing reaction to the President’s speech on the Middle East, given in Cairo. Fortunately, the people who really know something about the issues involved are attempting to fill the void.
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Palestinian Fault Line Exposed
Although the hundreds of Middle East studies courses in universities nationwide portend to treat the region exhaustively, there is a key component of the conflict that most ignore.
Bloggers Get Budget Briefing
Although by no means are they the only ones who need it.
No Child Left Behind
United States Rep. Doug Lanborn, R-Colo., has introduced a bill to deny federal funding to public schools which distribute the “morning after” abortion pill.
Sonia & the Supremes
The Judicial Confirmation Network has sent a letter to all Republican Senators concerning the courtesy visits that Judge Sonia Sotomayor will soon be making to their offices.
Stanford’s One-Party University
Developments on campuses from kindergarten through college help to show the prescience of author M. Stanton Evans’ law of inadequate paranoia: No matter how bad you think things are, when you look into them, you find that they are a lot worse.<
Donor Intent at Risk
We have written of the risks that the intent of donors will be derailed once universities get a hold of the cash. That is a particularly acute concern when the donors are American taxpayers.
Freedom Is Not Free
As pundits and politicians bicker back and forth about the cause of our country’s problems—the healthcare system, the free market, gay marriage—journalist Mark Steyn points to one root catalyst for our nation’s difficulties: indolence.
Fact-Checking the Executive Branch
Much is being said about President Obama’s speech today at Cairo University. Left-leaning pundits have touted the speech in a leading Arab nation
School of Future Shock
At Philadelphia’s School of the Future (SOF), textbooks have been replaced with laptops and high schoolers are taught core curriculum through technology-based programs like YouTube and instant messenger.
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Parents Upset over Gender Fluidity Teaching in a Public School
Fairfax County Public Schools, a large county school system in northern Virginia, will make formal introductions of the new teaching that people are gender-fluid (meaning no one is 100% male or female, boy or girl)….
DePaul Professor Praised al-Qaeda Leader
Michael P. Ryan works at the Catholic university DePaul and praised the deceased al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, among other statements.
A Dash of Independence
When we had the pleasure of co-hosting actress, and first time author Stacey Dash at our first author’s night this year, I noted that she frequently stressed her pride in being independent-minded in interviews. As…
Senator Tom Cotton’s Reminder: Police Lives Matter, too
Coverage of the use-of-force incidences such as the shooting of Michael Brown, the suffocation of Eric Garner, and the death of Freddie Gray has created an “anti-cop” sentiment in the United States that many, including…
UMass Caves to Student Protesters and will Divest from Fossil Fuels
The question is, then where will UMass make up that revenue gap by not investing in fossil fuels? *crickets*
UCLA’s Women’s Caucus is Actually for Non-Straight and Cisgender Students
This is a bit confusing if you take the name at face value.
Student Goes on Hunger Strike to Demand More Help for Disabled Students
The student also called for the firing of Peter Singer from Princeton, who has called for the ending of lives of disabled infants.
Wisconsin’s Diversity Program is Not Doing Very Well
A program specifically geared to creating diversity doesn’t work at University of Wisconsin. Ouch.
Lawyers for ‘Jackie’ of Rolling Stone-UVA Rape Hoax Admit She was Trying to Catfish a Student
Wow! Catfishing is when someone creates a fake online persona to lure people and trick them into thinking that they exist, and it looks like ‘Jackie’ did so for a guy she liked.
VCU Prof: Brazilian Evangelicals Rise Up
The Post story, “In Brazil’s political crisis, a powerful new force: Evangelical Christians,” is an amazing account from a liberal perspective of how Christian conservatives are taking back their country. One leading critic of the…