Events, Perspectives Elites Push Physician-Assisted Suicide Malcolm A. Kline April 3, 2015 Overlooked in the media coverage of and academic debate about physician-assisted suicide: it’s not the people most likely to receive it…
Perspectives Adam Smith Rocks! Malcolm A. Kline April 2, 2015 There’s a reason you don’t see many Adam Smith ties in the faculty lounge. “Adam Smith believed there are few…
Faculty Lounge Conservative Faculty at risk in Media-Fueled Outrage in RFRA Spat Spencer Irvine April 1, 2015 Will universities attack (i.e. fire) conservative faculty for their conservative views, in light of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) backlash…
Faculty Lounge NCAA Offended by Indiana RFRA Law, but not 19 Other States’ RFRA Laws Spencer Irvine Selective outrage, considering that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) is a federal law and there are 19 states other…
Faculty Lounge New York, Connecticut Considering Laws to Prejudge Students Accused of Rape Spencer Irvine March 31, 2015 Prejudging students who are accused of rape is now the new thing for college administrators and now state lawmakers in…
Perspectives After School Programs a Waste of Money Spencer Irvine It seems like the $1.2 billion spent for America’s after school programs was a waste of money. At least that’s…
Faculty Lounge School District Discriminated Against Evangelical College for Religious Beliefs Spencer Irvine March 27, 2015 A school district in Massachusetts was told their actions of severing their relationship with the private evangelical Gordon College, was…
Faculty Lounge Loyola-Chicago Students Continue to Push Divestment from Israel, Admin Says No Spencer Irvine March 24, 2015 After the university president blasted the student government body’s divestment from Israel resolution, it was temporarily tabled. Now, the student…
Faculty Lounge Bill Ayers to be on a Penn State Law Panel Spencer Irvine March 16, 2015 The Weather Underground terrorist-turned-college-professor Bill Ayers will speak at Penn State’s law school, but his appearance will be funded by…
Faculty Lounge Go Figure: America’s Millennials have Little-to-No Skills Spencer Irvine March 14, 2015 This is a depressing report, which shows that America’s future generation, the Millennials, have less-than-optimal skills regarding actual job skills.
Faculty Lounge UC-Irvine Professors Sign Petition to Keep U.S. Flag Ban Spencer Irvine March 13, 2015 Of course the professors signed onto the petition to bring back the flag ban in a student building.
Perspectives Education Savings Accounts and Scholarships Matter Spencer Irvine March 12, 2015 The Platte Institute, a non-profit research think tank based in Nebraska, released a report on how to better cater to…
