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The CINO Lobby
Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on an article by Michael Sean Winters posted on the blog site of America magazine.
Expelling Kids in D.C.
What became of the Obama promise of transparency?
Ayerhead distorts Weather Underground Record
Dan Kennedy, an assistant professor at the Northeastern University School of Journalism in Boston who writes for the British Guardian, has been caught spreading falsehoods about communist terrorist Bill Ayers.
Setting the Record Straight
The winner of Accuracy in Media’s 2009 Reed Irvine investigative journalism award passes on some valuable life lessons to the next generation.
Friends of FairTest
They include George Soros.
How Abortion Became Fashionable
In his tremendous novel War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy observes that some men “choose their opinions like their clothes—according to fashion.” He adds that no matter how derivative their views are, such men may hold those views with all the passion of partisans.
Progressive Power Surge
The American public opinion has changed from conservative to progressive, according to a study put out by the Center for American Progress (CAP).
Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur
President Barack Obama plans to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by August 2010 and the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes. Brookings expert Elizabeth Ferris describes how these two decisions will affect the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iraq and Darfur.
Tragedy of Falun Gong
A report by the Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group, entitled “Forget Not the Beijing Olympics’ Victims,” urges readers to remember that despite China’s promises to improve human rights, the Olympics ended up serving as an excuse for the Chinese government to arrest and imprison thousands of people who had shown signs of opposition to the current regime.
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University of Illinois Mandates 2 Diversity Courses Required for Graduation after the Trump Chalk Message Controversy
#TheChalkening apparently struck fear into the modern snowflakes that we call college students: At a public meeting last week, the Academic Senate voted to require students entering the university in 2018 to take one class each…
President Obama’s Economic Legacy
As President Obama’s second term nears its end he has begun a media tour emphasizing what he claims are the positive aspects of his policies. The complicit media, of course, have long worked to inflate…
Calling Oneself “American” is a Microaggression, UVA Student Claims
This microaggression mentality is getting out of hand: During a “Managing Microaggressions” event last Monday at the University of Virginia, students spoke out against microaggressions like identifying as “American” and criticizing someone’s taste in food. The…
Virginia Tech Re-Invites Speaker after Outcry
From Campus Reform: University president Timothy Sands issued a statement Thursday saying the school has “apologized to Jason Riley for this error in judgment, and Dean [Robert] Sumichrast has invited him to speak at Virginia…
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Searching for Conservative Scholars
Here’s one of the reasons we do what we do. Even when the remaining journalists on the education beat bend over backwards to cover a story fairly, they still wind up giving it the educational…
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Clemson University Won’t Reveal if the Banana Incident was a Hoax Or Not
By failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the university is remaining tight-lipped about whether the banana incident was a race hoax or not.
Students Demand University Becomes a “Sanctuary Campus”
This doesn’t sound like a good idea, especially after an American woman was murdered by an illegal immigrant in San Francisco over a year ago and it became front-page news: Students at the University of…
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Campus Conservatives and Pro-lifers Fight for Truth
Discrimination against conservatives on campus is a dramatic story being told by Peter Fricke and other great reporters at CampusReform.org. In many cases, however, pro-lifers at colleges and universities across the country are pushing back….
Santa Ana College Announces 1 Tuition-Free Year
Here’s the caveat: Students graduating from the Santa Ana Unified School District in California will receive free tuition in their first year at Santa Ana College. The program will start this fall, and full-time students…
Insurer Alleges Joe Paterno Knew of Sandusky Abuses in 1976
Well, if it is true, it means that “JoePa” wasn’t as innocent as his family says he was. Photo by Han Shot First Photo by Han Shot First