While many in the mainstream press wasted no time in blaming conservatives for creating a climate of incivility that led to the tragedy in Tucson, a leading academic, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau also stepped up to the plate several days after the event to blame what he called the “climate” of speech in Arizona for the shooting.
Monthly Archives For January 2011
Dude Where’s My Sovereignty
Overlooking a student government president’s citizenship status because he is on the right side of an amnesty bill for illegal aliens.
No Deficit Left Behind
One of the biggest expenditures in many state budgets is educational bureaucracies.
IPAD NATION
The latest teaching tool to show up in America’s classrooms is the Apple iPad, a product that many educators seem to view as the magic potion that will ignite a lifetime of learning for our nation’s students.
Breaking the Code
“Pragmatism is the magic word to describe what liberals want, but do not want to argue for.”— University of Virginia professor of politics James W. Ceaser
China: Enter the Dragon
October’s East Asian Summit, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, offered hope of a peaceful integration of the rising Chinese hegemony into Southeast Asia’s governing community.
Civility Lost
The venerable James Buckley addressed a group of roughly 60 attendees at the Heritage Foundation last week.
Striking Oil
Taxing the oil industry and refusing access to important U.S. shale reserves would drive up both the Federal government’s debt and the U.S. unemployment rate, according to Kyle Isakower of the American Petroleum Institute.
Revolving Axis of Evil
In their search for villains, media elites, not to mention political ones, frequently overlook genuine malefactors.
Negative Election Energy
A team of academics just discovered what political pros have known for years: Negative advertising works.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
Recent Posts
The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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