This week marks 65 years since the United States dropped the atomic bomb.
Monthly Archives For August 2010
Still Life of Mind
With all of the courses that have the word “studies” attached to them, you would think that students are actually doing more studying. Au contraire mon ami.
The Way They Were
Conservative students opting out of campus battles in favor of national ones may want to refocus their efforts.
Onward Catholic Scholars
Truly, the Lord works in strange and mysterious ways. It was both unbelievable and unsurprising at the same time that a Catholic scholar— Dr. Kenneth Howell— was fired from a state university for teaching the…
Academic Military Questions
A report released by the National Strategy Information Center (NSIC) attempts to shift the national security paradigm from nation-state conflict into the realm of “irregular threats,” with the U.S. military conducting three types of missions in weak or failing states around the globe.
Hollow Common Core
In their frustration with education reform, conservative theorists often fall prey to the same inclination of their putative opponents—nationalization.
Professor Wins Back Job
The University of Illinois says that Catholic professor Ken Howell can return this fall to teach courses on Catholicism.
Jeff Field is the Director of Communications for the Catholic League. This
press release was originally issued on July 29, 2010.
The Bones Demand Justice
Although independent scholars generally agree that the death toll from communism in the Twentieth Century runs a staggering 100 million, that sad historical milestone has yet to gain widespread acknowledgement in America’s public schools let alone in her universities.
Primer on Campaign Contributions
Recently I learned that 81% of all donations to our Federal elected representatives come from one twelfth of one percent (0.0012) of our voters, principally funneled through lobbyist groups. Incumbents received 99% of these lobbyist-donated funds in the last election cycle.
Ivory Curtain Opens Crack
Believe it or not, one of the University of California campuses is actually featuring some free market stalwarts in a conference.