Faculty Lounge Pepperdine Students Claim Columbus Statue is a ‘Celebration of Genocide’ Spencer Irvine October 17, 2016 College students at the posh, close-to-the-beach Pepperdine University are complaining about a statue of Christopher Columbus: Pepperdine University students spent…
Faculty Lounge On Columbus Day, Columbia University Unveils Plaque Describing the Colonization of Manhattan Spencer Irvine October 15, 2016 On Columbus Day, Columbia University unveiled a plaque that is seemingly apologetic for colonization: The plaque, situated on a popular…
Perspectives Columbus Day: Celebrating American Exceptionalism, Not the PC Narratives Spencer Irvine October 10, 2016 Below is a portion of a great piece at the National Review on why Christopher Columbus is important to American…
Guest Articles Exhibits You Won’t Find in the New National Museum of African American History and Culture, Part 2 Cliff Kincaid September 30, 2016 In Part 1 of this two-part report, I pointed out that “Many exhibits in the new $500 million National Museum…
Perspectives Presidential Birthplace Trivia Malcolm A. Kline September 27, 2016 Each of the following states produced one president apiece and you might be surprised at the chief executives that go…
Guest Articles Exhibits You Won’t Find in the New National Museum of African American History and Culture Cliff Kincaid September 26, 2016 Many exhibits in the new $500 million National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. will be…
Faculty Lounge Mississippi State is the Latest University to Remove State Flag Spencer Irvine September 1, 2016 The state flag has been removed from another Mississippi college’s campus, except for one specific location: Mississippi State University recently…
Faculty Lounge No History Majors at Historical Black University Founded by Black American Civil War Veterans Spencer Irvine July 28, 2016 The history major is no more at a historically black college that was founded by black American Civil War veterans.
Faculty Lounge Louisville Grad Student Worried about Whites on the Wrong Side of History on ‘Black Lives Matter’ Spencer Irvine July 22, 2016 A graduate student (technically, a doctoral student) at the University of Louisville wrote an op-ed and how white Americans could…
Faculty Lounge Professor is Offended by the Star-Spangled Banner, National Anthem & Pledge of Allegiance Spencer Irvine July 6, 2016 University of Houston professor Gerald Horne said that these national symbols are symbols of racism and slavery.
Faculty Lounge Monmouth University to Activists: No, We Won’t Remove Woodrow Wilson’s Name from Building Spencer Irvine July 2, 2016 Not that Woodrow Wilson was a saint, but seriously, outrage at everything?
Faculty Lounge 23 of the Top 76 Ranked US Colleges Require US History Course to Graduate Spencer Irvine July 1, 2016 23 of the top 76 ranked colleges don’t require students to take a U.S. history course before graduation.
