While millions of Americans still believe that he has no executive experience, it turns out that “from 1995 to 1999, he led an education foundation called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC)…”
Recent Articles
Protect the Pledge
Remember in grade school when we first were introduced to the Pledge of Allegiance?
How The West Abolished Slavery
Author Jim Powell explains the importance Thomas Clarkson played in ending the slave trade.
Out-of-touch Earmarks & Elites
Those congressmen who defend earmarks as necessary may be grateful that few in the Washington press corps look too carefully at them.
California’s Illegal Nanny-State
A California appeals court recently revived a case against the state’s colleges for providing preferential in-state tuition to tens-of-thousands of foreign nationals and illegal immigrants.
In Sickness and in Health
Between 1965 and 1980, Medicare costs went up dramatically above policymaker’s original projections, Troy University professor Christopher T. Warden pointed out in an Accuracy in Academia seminar at the National Press Club on July 31. This year’s Medicaid expenditures totaled $391 billion.
The former editorial-page editor of Investors Business Daily, Warden is the author of Voodoo Anyone? Economics for Journalists, a textbook that AIA is publishing.
Video taken by Santiago Leon, an intern at the American Journalism Center, a training program run by Accuracy in Media and Accuracy in Academia. Produced by Bethany Stotts, a staff writer at Accuracy in Academia.
In Sickness and In Health (video)
Between 1965 and 1980, Medicares costs went up about 2,900 percent, Troy University professor Christopher T. Warden pointed out in an Accuracy in Academia seminar at the National Press Club on July 31.
Is the Constitution Libertarian?
In honor of the 221st Constitutional Day, guest speaker Randy Barnett lectured at the Cato Institute in an effort to set the record straight about whether the Constitution is libertarian.
Obamania
Dr. Jerome Corsi first caught national attention with Unfit For Command in 2004. He has returned with The Obama Nation, a book which seeks to match Unfit’s feat, if not surpass it.
The IRS & the Constitution
One organization has filed a People’s Petition for Redress against the U.S. government, claiming the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) violates the U.S. Constitution.
Recent Articles
Counter-BDS Movement Has a Good Month
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on the Louis B. Brandeis Center website. Last week the British government issued guidance banning local government and public sector Boycott Divestment and Sanction (BDS) actions toward any country…
Middlebury College Paper Adds Trigger Warnings due to White Staff
Yup, the school paper is too white, so there’s a trigger warning now.
University of Buffalo Students: We’re Exhausted from Spring Break
So partying and relaxing on the beach are exhausting?! Students at the University of Buffalo (UB) feel spring break trips are causing them to be more depressed and stressed than before they left thanks to…
Um, Ok: Court Rules George Mason University Violated Rights of Expelled Student
Uh, this is a different kind of constitutional right case: In a sweeping ruling that also encompassed speech codes and sexual privacy, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis in Alexandria, Va., ruled that George Mason University…
Ethnic Studies Boosts GPAs
Education School researchers at Stanford found that ethnic studies courses boost grades and attendance. Apparently, it never occurred to them to ask what exactly the students learn in them. “New research shows gains in attendance…
Virginia Gov. MacAuliffe Vetoes Plan to Allow Homeschooled Children to Play Sports
Specifically, the Democratic governor vetoed the bill, which would allow homeschooled children to play sports at their local public schools. Don’t their parents pay taxes, so shouldn’t they be allowed to do so? Photo by…
Larycia Hawkins, the Hijab-Wearing Professor, is Researching Islam at UVA
She has traded in her teaching position at Wheaton College in Illinois for an Islam research job at the University of Virginia.
Gettysburg College Administrators Accused of Siding Against Pro-Life Posters
From Campus Reform: A conservative student group is accusing Gettysburg College of censorship after an administrator publicly sided with student vandals who ripped down the group’s pro-life flyers. Alissa Lopez, vice-chair of the school’s Young…
Rutgers President Defends Free Speech after Controversial Speech
It is ludicrous that someone has to defend free speech, especially on a college campus. Rutgers University president Robert Bachi is calling on his university to stand up for free speech after a student group…
University of Delaware Targets Gun Rights Campus Group by Banning Ammunition
Sounds like targeted language by the University of Delaware: Pro-Second Amendment students believe the University of Delaware recently imposed new restrictions on student groups in direct response to their successful request for funding to buy…