Artist puts Stalin in D-Day memorial when Old Joe was nowhere near Omaha beach. Read more.
Monthly Archives For July 2010
Default U
Student loan default rates are much higher than government data originally suggest, reports Kelly Field for the Chronicle of Higher Education on July 11.
Scholars Raise Arizona’s Consciousness
PRINCETON, NJ (July 16, 2010)—This fall, Arizona voters must choose whether to vote for the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative (AzCRI). The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has submitted an official argument in favor of AzCRI.
GWU Babysteps Right
New Flash: George Washington University has actually hired a Republican, albeit as an adjunct.
Quotas on Common Sense
After saving the quota over merit system at the University of Michigan, Lee C. Bollinger went on to Columbia University to preserve its traditions. Unfortunately, he’s succeeding.
Sleeping With The Enemy
A large chunk of the blame for the ever-deteriorating state of education goes to some of academia’s favorite targets.
Election Preview
It appears that the White House and Democratic Party leaders have settled on their Fall campaign strategy—the economy!
Cradle to — Sex Ed?
Last month a British agency released draft guidelines for voluntary educational standards where students as young as five years old would learn about “sex and relationships and alcohol.” No longer far from America’s shores, a similar proposal has been made in one Montana school district.
SCOTUS Nominee Won’t Ask, Won’t Tell
Ranking Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Member Jeff Sessions, R, Ala., recently remarked that he was “taken aback” by the tone of the Supreme Court nominee’s account of her decision to deny military recruiters access to Harvard Law School’s Office of Career Services.
Finding Lost Jobs
One of the most exasperating things encountered in discussing government policies is a lack of understanding by many of what causes corporations to move their operations and jobs overseas.