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Monthly Archives For January 2008
Trust Fund Fantasies
Young people watching a large chunk of their paychecks going to pay social security taxes may question why anyone would defend a program that, in an age of IRAs and 401 (k)s, seems to be such an anachronism. They might ask their professors, or just wait to hear them defend the status quo.
Uncle Tomisms
The Modern Language Association offers up a surprisingly circumspect examination of the character and the epithet.
Economan Felled
An economics professor at Charleston Southern University ran afoul of federal laws when he tried to go from macro to micro.
Arms Control Dreams
America may be heading toward another arms race, according to Mike Moore, a research fellow at The Independent Institute who recently published the book Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance.
Gender Profiling
A new update to a the Women in Intercollegiate Sport: A Longitudinal Study shows that overall women continue to make great strides on the college level, but fall short of what women hoped to achieve under Title IX.
Poetic (In)Stability
The MLA debate between qualitative and accentual syllabic verse, and between different styles of writing, became as much a commentary on the nature (and antecedents) of government.
Lessons on Leadership
From George Washington to George W. Bush, British historian Paul Johnson used the lives of political figures to teach lessons of leadership in a recent speech during a Hillsdale College cruise.
Sex and the MLA
It seems like some professors simply can’t get their mind off sexuality and have allowed this fixation to the color their professional work.
Public Service Academies
A panel debate for a U.S. Public Service Academy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Wednesday left some wondering whether its benefits would be worth its costs.