Last week, Charles Darwin would have turned 200. To celebrate the occasion, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted a panel of experts to discuss the impact that Darwin has made on society and how to reconcile faith and evolution.
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Stimulus and Health Care
Pajamas TV held a symposium on the stimulus package and health care benefits.
Happy Birthday Abe
The Hoover Institution’s Shelby Steele reflects on how his childhood view of Abraham Lincoln has evolved over time.
Same To You Buddy
“Ask God what your grade is.” These are among the words found on a teacher evaluation form stuffed in Jonathan Lopez’ backpack last November following his in-class presentation on God and miracles.
LA Class Struggle Scenes
In California, one student made the mistake of assuming free speech was permitted in Speech class.
Univ. of Georgia Apologizes
Earlier today, Catholic League president Bill Donohue wrote a news release about a poster placed in the dorms of the University of Georgia that misappropriated Christian iconography.
Flirtmeister, 101
In Germany it appears that all work and no play still makes Hans a dull boy. That’s why German IT engineering students at the U. of Potsdam are leaving nothing to chance. Over 400 of them have signed up for a two-week course on the art of flirting.
The Road to Stimulus
It is worth reexamining The Road to Serfdom, originally published in 1944, in light of President Obama’s ascendancy.
Illegally Blond
Say it isn’t so. Are a couple of teenage girls about to be kicked out of school for being “too blond?”
A Minuteman Goes to Harvard
Each year Harvard Law School hosts the annual Journal on Legislation (JOL) Symposium, and this year they have invited Jim Gilchrist, founder and president of the Minuteman Project, to participate on its panel scheduled for February 26 in Cambridge , MA .
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Fraternity Skit that Mentioned Trump’s Border Wall and had Sombreros is Being Investigated
Everyone is offended: The Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Case Western Reserve University is under investigation by their national office and the campus office of student affairs, and Latino students on campus are demanding mandatory…
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More Pre-K Education Initiatives, ex-CEOs say
George Halvorson, former CEO of Kaiser Permanente, and John Pepper, formerly of Procter & Gamble, claim that pre-K education gains are essential to developing America’s future workforce. Halvorson avers that the “number one predictor for…
Black Student Union Condemns Pro-Trump Chalk Messages as a Hate Crime
What?! This is an actual allegation by DePaul University’s Black Student Union: Photo by bionicteaching Photo by bionicteaching
Students who Disagree with Pro-Palestinian Views are Labeled “Islamophobic”
The UCLA Graduate Student Association (known as GSA) believes that those who aren’t pro-Palestinian are “Islamophobic,” according to their latest resolution. Photo by joegaza Photo by joegaza
University of South Alabama Apologizes for Citing Student who had an Empty Gun Holster
The student, DJ Parten, was given an official apology by the campus police after being cited for having an empty gun holster: “On April 13, 2016, the University of South Alabama Police Department received an…
Latino Group: White People should Get White Privilege Checked by a Doctor
Huh? This is a real thing, apparently, at Iowa State University: A group of students at Iowa State University is advising its white peers to “head to the doctor” in order to be treated for…
Whitman College Drops Missionary Mascot
The administrators, along with students and faculty members, think its religious connotation is bad for business. They’ve scrubbed it from their website, too.
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The Donald’s Diversity Deconstructed
If Trump were to actually win the Republican nomination and become president, it’s questionable whether his policies would be in any sense Republican. Indeed, his foreign policy would be even more pro-Russian than that of…
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Illegal Immigrant Students Fear Border Patrol Participation in Career Fair
Do they need a trigger warning, or something? Students at the California State University, San Marcos staged a demonstration Thursday protesting the inclusion of Border Patrol representatives at the school’s career fair. Sociology professor Marisol…
Black Lives Matter Protesters Don’t Like the Mississippi State Flag
Black Lives Matter is at it again: Students at Mississippi State University (MSU) protested outside of the president’s office Wednesday, demanding the state flag be taken down from its post on campus because of its…