There’s been a rush to make public schools environmentally friendly lately, so much so that polls show that students are afraid that the earth is going to melt before they make it to the prom.
Recent Articles
Selective Censure at Stanford
Ambushed by a left-wing student at Stanford, the former Secretary of State gave two students a history lesson unlike any they are likely to receive at Palo Alto.
Quarterbacking for Growth
It wasn’t only the Republican Party and the Conservative Movement that lost an elder statesmen with the passing of former Congressman Jack Kemp.
Redefining Human Rights
When Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen released his book Development as Freedom in 1999, his argument that democratic freedoms had an economic component in the developing world was greeted with acclaim. Now a World Bank employee building upon Sen’s conception of positive and negative freedoms is arguing that the twin discourses of human rights and development need to reach an accord.
Religious Wrongs
Two wrongs don’t make a religious right.
Notre Dame v. Catholics
The efforts of Catholic Notre Dame to bring pro-choice President Barack Obama to its campus have generated a tremendous blowback.
Donor Intent Denied…To Jane Fonda
Believe it or not, the cavalier attitude that colleges and universities take towards donors can bite the left too.
Health Care Inconvenient Truths
As Congress debates the merits and methods of health-care reform it is important to remember government’s decades-long record on social programs such as Medicare and Social Security.
DC Commencement Circuit
Happy graduates are about to go off to seek their fortunes in a not-so-friendly job market. But before they can pursue careers in business, writing, science and other fields, they must pass one last indoctrination hurdle: the commencement speech.
Notre Dame Exposed
Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann Glendon has written an open letter to Notre Dame president Rev. John Jenkins explaining why she cannot accept the Laetare Medal on Commencement Day, May 17.
Recent Articles
Not Using Gender Neutral Pronouns could lead to Fines in New York City
This is a serious story…being fined for not saying ‘ze’ or ‘hir,’ which are gender neutral pronouns.
Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is Overreaching in Regulations, Law Professors say
As Campus Reform reported, “An open letter released Monday by 21 prominent law professors warns that the Department of Education’s sexual harassment directives are undermining both free speech and due process.”
Kansas Professor Not Offered Tenure after Outcry by Sensitive Students
From the College Fix: “A professor at the University of Kansas just coincidentally got blocked from continuing on the tenure track after students complained about a class discussion that they themselves provoked, Inside Higher Ed reports.”
White Skin Privilege
The “White Skin Privilege” idea was created in 1967 by Noel Ignatiev, an acolyte of Bell and professor at Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute (Du Bois was a Communist black leader who helped found the NAACP). Ignatiev was a member of CPUSA’s most radical wing, the Maoist/StalinistProvisional Organizing Committee to Reconstitute the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (POC). POC was the intellectual forerunner to FRSO.
Controversial Mizzou Black Lives Matter Activist Receives Ford Courage Award
Jonathan Butler received the award as a result of his efforts as the face of the Mizzou Black Lives Matter movement, despite some details of his past coming to light that do not paint him in a positive light.
Reading Room at CSUN has Pictures Changed due to PC Concerns
From the College Fix: “The English Reading Room at California State University Northridge is undergoing a facelift in the name of diversity.”
UC-Irvine English Instructor Wonders Why University Doesn’t Single Out Anti-Zionist Week
A vice provost for the university sent an e-mail out blasting the upcoming appearance of the controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, but an English instructor wondered why there was no similar outrage directed at an anti-Zionist week at the university.
Vermont College “Feels the Bern” and Closes
The wife of the socialist candidate promising free college is being blamed for closing down a college in Vermont. Burlington College is going out of business, thanks to debt incurred under the leadership of its…
College Student Upset at Large Student Loans, but Criticizes Diversity Instead
True story; the student blasts the lack of diversity at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California more than the student loans issue.
Minnesota Students Worry that Free Speech Protections will Create Protections for Hate Speech
Maybe they should review Supreme Court cases and get a better understanding of what free speech is.
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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