Well, the best and the brightest on the Left are amassing their forces for a full-scale frontal assault on President Trump’s first Supreme Court nomination. The problem for them is, they don’t have much ammunition….
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
University Presidents Refuse to Sign ‘Intellectual Freedom Commitment’
Several university presidents have said that they won’t sign an “intellectual freedom commitment” proposed by the president of the National Association of Scholars, Peter Wood: In November 2015, as racial protests engulfed the University of…
Harvard Library Circulates List of ‘Fake News’ Sites, Includes Conservative Websites
Apparently, right-wing and conservative news media (such as the Washington Examiner and Washington Free Beacon) qualifies as “fake news” at Harvard University’s library, but liberal newspapers that have bungled stories about President Trump (i.e. New York…
Santa Clara Students Unhappy a Conservative Group was Approved as a Student Group
Looks like the free-market student group Turning Point USA is garnering attention from the Left at the University of Santa Clara, so much so that one student wrote over 900 words about why it was wrong…
Why Shouting Down Speakers is Absolutely Wrong
At the Academe Blog, John K. Wilson writes about why shouting down speakers is absolutely wrong because it continues to polarize the country and it plays into the Right’s hands: Shouting down speakers, such as…
Brandeis Center Applauds South Carolina Legislature Bill to Combat Anti-Semitism
From the Louis Brandeis Center press release: Washington, D.C., March 9 – Kenneth L. Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law made the following statement today commending the South Carolina House of…
Wimpy Professors are the Culprits
From The Unz Review: No matter how you slice or dice it, today’s universities, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, are intellectual wastelands often more committed to propagating the Leftist faith than knowledge. The…
It’s time for UC Regents to implement principles against intolerance they adopted
Editor’s Note: This op-ed was originally published at The Mercury News. In our nation today, we are witnessing an unprecedented unwillingness to accept, or merely recognize and respect, beliefs or behavior that differ from our own. It…
‘Nap-ins’ at a University to Help Students Dream about Diversity
File this in the ‘wait, this is for real?’ category: The Daily Egyptian reports that Southern Illinois University is hosting “nap-ins” as part of an “interactive art installation” in the library… The nap-ins are part of…
Berkeley Students to Hold Event on Milo and the Freedom of Speech
After the riots and damages at Cal-Berkeley and the discussions about free speech at Berkeley, the Students for Liberty and Cal Libertarians will hold an event to discuss free speech and its importance this coming…