A great take from Star Parker: It’s a rare day when the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post are of one mind. But it just happened….
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Northwestern Professor: Christian Fundamentalism is More Dangerous than Radical Islam
Huh? She’s being serious, apparently: “Humanist” scholar Catherine M. Wallace of Northwestern University told the Seminary Co-op near the University of Chicago that “the Christian fundamentalist movement in the United States is more dangerous than Islamic…
Notre Dame President Criticizes NCAA Pulling out of North Carolina, but Professors Disagree
Father John Jenkins, who heads Notre Dame, criticized the NCAA for a political stunt in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. That was met with a response by progressive professors: Jenkins received public criticism from 48 members…
Thanksgiving is Safe, For Now
Interestingly, Thanksgiving has remained relatively unscathed as progressives try to remake the American calendar. Maybe they because don’t want to blow a four-day weekend. I did have an oddball professor—it does sound redundant—35 years ago…
Poll: 22% of College Graduates Don’t Know When Election Day Is
ACTA conducted a poll which raises serious questions of whether Americans care about elections and understand the basics: Although 97% of college graduates (Bachelor’s degree or higher) agreed it is somewhat or very important to…
Michael Brown’s Mother Speaks at Xavier University
From the College Fix: At Xavier University’s Black Lives Matter conference this weekend, the mother of Michael Brown said that her son “will never be able to attend college” due to his having been shot…
Journalism 101: Orwell Revisited
Pity the poor journalism student: He, or she, has to keep up with so many ways to spin a story that it would make George Orwell dizzy. “During Republican administrations they prided themselves on being…
LOL: Obama Compared ObamaCare to Smartphone that is a Fire Hazard
From Reason: The strangest moment in yesterday’s big presidential address on Obamacare came when President Obama implicitly compared the health care law to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which was recently recalled worldwide for being…
California Student Senate Passed Resolution for University to Give Scholarship Preference to Refugees
From Campus Reform: Refined Right reports that the Student Senate passed a resolution Tuesday recommending that the university offer reserved spots and scholarships for displaced Syrian refugees looking to attend the university. Details regarding the…
Don’t Say ‘Man Up’ or Other Gender-Related Phrases because They’re Offensive, Chico Athletes say
From Campus Reform: Students at California State University-Chico are being treated to an educational campaign instructing them to avoid phrases like “man up” and “like a girl.” The school’s athletics department announced last week that it…