UC Berkeley Professor John Yoo recently appeared on the Jon Stewart Daily Show to discuss his new book Crisis in Command.
Monthly Archives For January 2010
Critical Exuberance Defined
With a full year under his belt and approval ratings below 50%, many Americans seem disenchanted with President Obama’s leadership. Even former ivory tower advocates for the President, it seems, are criticizing hope and change in action.
Elites Connect Dots
AJC: When academics take over homeland security, the last thing they consider is…the security. A presidential administration laden with Ph.Ds is showing us the way. -ED
MLA Prof (Re)Presents Malthus
Another installment in the MLA quotations collection.
MIT Health Care Debacle
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) economist is being roundly criticized for promoting the Obama Administration’s health care reform efforts while receiving extensive government funding as a consultant—and not telling journalists about the connection.
Age Studies, Part One
Since its inception Accuracy in Academia has catalogued the inner politics of a series of Humanities disciplines, including women’s studies, queer studies, fat studies, labor studies, and others. This article will introduce a lesser-known Humanities field: age studies.
Progressives Discover Bioethics
AJC: The Center for American Progress sponsored the event Progress in Bioethics to promote a stronger relationship between scientific innovation and politics on the grounds that bio-politics is the next frontier.
Age Studies, Part Two
Three MLA speakers draw a parallel between ageism and “neoliberal” economic policies.
Tear Down This Wall
Get the latest on Accuracy in Academia’s speakers, seminars, publications and programs in the January issue of AIA’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
Recession Finally Hits Faculty
The good news: George Washington University is laying off professors.
The bad news: in the hard sciences.