Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. Seeming to give credence to Bertrand Russell’s observation that “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so […]
Read the articleA study from New York University (NYU) advocated for states to help illegal immigrants gain more access to government programs and benefits.
Read the articleSometimes what looks like bad news inside academe may actually be a good omen for the rest of us.
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Read the articleAn anti-Israeli resolution narrowly passed at the University of Minnesota, but whose language led to strong comments by the university president on the flaws of the resolution itself.
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Read the articleThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have issued a report on “National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom” that might leave readers who have studied such matters scratching their heads.
Read the articleLong before the hooded, masked, and dressed-in-black Antifa thugs marauded across campuses such as Berkeley, other supposed progressive campus activists had been raging an ideological war against ideas with which they disagreed.
Read the articleEven lifelong men and women on the Left are becoming concerned about the oppressive political climate on American college campuses. Jonathan Haidt, a psychologist and professor of ethical leadership at the New York University’s Stern School of Business, spoke about the roots of campus rage in light of the mob and “heckler’s veto” at Middlebury […]
Read the articleEditor’s Note: This post was originally published at the Times of Israel. When Elmer Davis, director of FDR’s Office of War Information, observed that “…you cannot do much with people who are convinced that they are the sole authorized custodians of Truth and that whoever differs from them is ipso facto wrong,” he may well have […]
Read the articleThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and George Washington University held a joint conference, their third together, at the university’s D.C. campus. Peter Clement, deputy assistant director for CIA’s Europe and Eurasia Mission, John McLaughlin, distinguished practitioner in residence at Johns Hopkins University, Dennis Wilder, assistant professor at Georgetown University and a former Bush administration official […]
Read the articleEditor’s Note: This article originally appeared on the website of the American Spectator. As it has for months now, People’s World again this past week carried a headline hailing Bernie Sanders “revolution.” As the successor to the Soviet-funded and directed Daily Worker, and as ongoing house organ of Communist Party USA, People’s World is pleased […]
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