For many congressional representatives, this year Fourth of July is not only a day to observe the freedoms Americans hold dear, its also the deadline to sign a petition for free speech.
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Multiculturalism Gone Berserk
Why are school children forced to “bow to the altar of multiculturalism” as they did at the Amherst Middle School when kids had to celebrate something called “Open Tent Day”?
Albright Unplugged
This correspondent recently unearthed another cause influenced by Albright’s leadership: a transnational communitarian project called “Diversity within Unity.”
Prez at Furman
President Bush practices free speech at Furman University’s 2008 Commencement.
Of Witches, Warlocks, Jesuits, and Obama
Jesuits at the Univesity of San Francisco have apparently found a new meaning for ecumenical.
Supreme Speaker
One of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ most meaningful talks this year was the one he gave at the Washington (DC) Jesuit Academy.
Oil Starvation Diet (video)
How many of our energy woes are self-inflicted?
British Invasion Graduation
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair recounts his own college experience at Oxford.
Promiscuity Leads the Pact
Rumors of a high school pregnancy pact are stealing headlines in America’s largest newspapers and prompting more parents to question what public education is teaching their children about sex.
Less Involvement Is More
Ted Carpenter, author of Smartpower, says that America needs to avoid military intervention.
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Feminists are Destroying Online Speech, says Advocates
Digital rights advocates are upset with how feminists are quelling free speech online.
Patchwork Girl @ the MLA
Growing old is hard enough without a cadre of pedagogues telling you what it means. “Critical aging does not toss the baby out with its ideological bathwater,” LaSalle professor Emily Mattingly said at this year’s…
UMass Students Sign Petition to Create More Intellectual (Conservative) Diversity
It’s incredible that students actually did this, considering how liberal these college campuses tend to be.
Catholic Professors at Detroit Mercy Critical of Trump’s Islamophobia
The College Fix wrote: Faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy — a Jesuit Catholic institution — recently adopted a statement to “stand with the Muslim community against Islamophobia.” Faculty senate President Heather Hill-Vásquez said…
Professor Challenged Students to a Fight over Dispute about Conservative Event
Oh, that sounds reasonable *sarcasm*. Let’s take this out back and duke it out because a professor didn’t like a conservative event on the campus.
Ban on Demeaning Jokes Removed at College
It’s a win for free speech! The ban has been lifted at Southwest Minnesota State University.
Good News for English Majors, Sort Of
When thousands of English professors gathered in Austin, Texas earlier this month for the annual Modern Language Association (MLA) convention, they were rather pessimistic about the future of their profession, with one small but notable…
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PHOTO GALLERY: Leftist Professors Protest Texas Campus Carry
Scroll down for all the photos taken of the Modern Language Association (MLA) protest of Texas’s campus carry law in downtown Austin, Texas, where legal firearms can be carried onto the grounds of public universities.
Some Want Segregated Safe Spaces in College
Wait, didn’t we as Americans fight to de-segregate schools and public facilities? Why do this on college campuses?
LSU Professor Fired for Language while Kent State Professor Keeps His
It seems very one-sided, where some accused a Louisiana State professor of using language that constituted sexual harassment (she was fired last year) while a Kent State professor still has his job while being investigated…