Posted September 22, 2015, by Mary Grabar at the Dissident Prof: After the series of undercover films by the Center for Medical Progress showing high-ranking Planned Parenthood executives negotiating the sale of fetal body parts,…
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Young Convinceables
Thanks to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the socialist running for president, we are learning that one of the latest examples of victim groups is students, who freely decide to go to college and in many…
The Truth about the Magna Carta
The details surrounding the Magna Carta are often overlooked, but it remains a revered document. Author David Starkey explained the importance of the Magna Carta while promoting his latest book, Magna Carta: The Medieval Roots…
Larry Summers Stands Up for Labor Unions
Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Treasury Department Secretary and current Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, defended the concept of labor unions and blasted the South at a recent panel discussion at the Center…
Look for the Union Label
As labor union leaders high-five each other this weekend over their ancestors’ creation of the Labor Day holiday more than a century ago, we would do well to remember a bit of their history that…
Kentucky College Historians Upset about a Jefferson Davis Statue
Campus Reform reported: College and university historians in Kentucky say that a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the state’s Capitol rotunda promotes “miseducation,” even after the addition of a plaque explaining the statue’s…
Hillary Clinton’s Higher Ed Tax Increase
Hillary Clinton recently unveiled her higher education plan to reduce college student loan debt. As the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) points out, Hillary’s plan, called the “New College Compact,” involves: States creating grants to…
Education Wonk Changes His Mind on Arne Duncan
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrilli recently wrote an apologetic op-ed for Fordham’s e-mail newsletter entitled “The new ESEA will be ‘loose-loose’ because Arne Duncan went overboard with ‘tight-tight’.” A champion for Common Core,…
Professor who Claimed Racial Profiling is Arrested, Ticketed for Making a False Statement
As Campus Reform noted, the professor lied about being pulled over and now justice has run its course: Minati Roychoudhuri, a professor of English at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut, was ticketed in Wethersfield…
Hillary Clinton Proposed $350 Billion Plan for “Debt-Free” College
As Campus Reform reported, Hillary Clinton didn’t give specifics on who will actually benefit and what “wealthy” means: Hillary Clinton unveiled a sweeping proposal Monday to shift the cost of higher education from students to…