Nearly 400 graduating seniors at Pace High School stood up in protest against the ACLU and recited the Lord’s Prayer during their graduation ceremony on Saturday.
Recent Articles
The Pell Grant Pendulum
President Obama’s recent commitment to raise the U.S. graduation rate to the highest in the world has left education policy experts conflicted on how to best increase college access and affordability.
Notre Dame’s Honorary Degrees
ome of President Obama’s supporters have
attempted to justify the honorary degree given him by Notre Dame by
comparing it to an honorary degree given by the same university to
the newly elected President George W. Bush. The cases are in no way
equivalent.
Afghanistan: “Another Vietnam”
At a foreign policy summit on May 27 at the Brookings Institution, national security experts expressed harsh criticism of the Obama administration’s foreign policy initiatives.
“Mama, What’s a D—?”
At last count, the Obama administration employed 36
open homosexuals. That number could climb to 37 if the Department of Education manages to squeak Kevin Jennings past an unsuspecting public.
Uninformed Activists for ObamaCare
On tape!
Queering Elementary Education
We expected liberal appointments to executive positions in an Obama administration, but it was still startling to learn that Education Secretary
Arne Duncan had actually appointed Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), to be Assistant Deputy
Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
New Deal Reality Check
As self-proclaimed intellectuals get embarassingly excited over the prospect of a new, New Deal, the rest of us would do well to take every opportunity to examine how the first one turned out.
Separating School and State
Today Liberty Counsel filed a complaint with the IRS, asking the agency
to investigate the tax-exempt status of Americans United for
Separation of Church and State (“AU”).
Virtual Diplomacy
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes that “virtual diplomacy” via Facebook and Twitter is the way to empower America’s “citizen activists.”
Recent Articles
Cal-Irvine Doesn’t Acknowledge History of Anti-Semitic Incidents since 2001
Good reporting by Campus Reform: Although Gillman [UCI chancellor] denies the existence of a widespread problem with anti-Semitism on his campus, public records reaching as far back as 2001 list multiple incidents dealing with anti-Semitism….
Students at Yale wants to “De-Colonize” English Dept Curriculum
What does that even mean?! De-colonizing English courses is apparently a thing: “The petition “calls for the abolishment of this prerequisite and for the pre-1800/1900 requirements to refocus and include literature relating to gender, race and sexuality.”
Two Dead in UCLA Murder-Suicide
Tragic. Two dead in an apparent murder-suicide at UCLA.
NYU Law Professor Claims America is in “a Post-Genocidal Society” Today at Commencement
At the University of Delaware, no less: “We are a post-genocidal society. On this continent there were native people, indigenous people, Native Americans, and they were slaughtered by the millions … by white settlers,” Stevenson, a…
Dartmouth College Afraid of Black Lives Matter, Won’t Punish Students who Charged In and Harassed Others
Some Black Lives Matter protesting students marched into the college’s library and made a ruckus, swearing at students who were studying and are not going to face any discipline by the college. Photo by kveets94
Students Sing the Lord’s Prayer at Graduation, a Tradition, in Response to a Threatened Lawsuit
The Freedom from Religion Foundation threatened a lawsuit over the 70-year-old tradition of singing the Lord’s Prayer at graduation, after which students sang it anyways.
Yale Study Shows Danger of Marijuana
Donald J. Trump says vets are treated worse than illegal immigrants. But help is on the way. The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to make it easier for veterans to get access to officially-approved…
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Student Activists are Really Radical Today
A good take from David French at the National Review: Campus radicals hold a shared vision that has the potential to rip this nation to shreds. It’s a vision instigated by people with impossible demands…
Liberty University to have Targeted Endowment Fund for Israel Studies
From the Campus Reform: Liberty University thinks the trend of divestment from companies associated with Israel presents a golden opportunity—not just for financial gain, but also to deliver a poke to the liberal eye. The…
Cal-State Administrators May Restrict Conservative Speakers from Campus
Editor’s Note: This discussion occurred at CSU-LA, not UCLA as was previously published. We apologize for the error. At a “healing space” discussion, Cal-State Los Angeles President William Covino said, “I would never” invite a…