Clearly we have to reach beyond academia if we want to reclaim our history. “Calvin Coolidge had four percent growth which candidates today only talk about as a goal,” Amity Shlaes, the former Wall Street…
Monthly Archives For April 2016
Group to Sue Dept of Ed over Ignoring Due Process
From the College Fix: The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education said Monday it “aims to challenge” the Department of Education’s use of unenforceable guidance to threaten colleges into changing their Title IX procedures around alleged sexual…
Mandatory Cultural Awareness Training Could Be Imposed at Cal-Poly
From Campus Reform: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has taken another step toward implementing student diversity demands, releasing an updated plan that includes mandatory cultural sensitivity training and new diversity-related curriculum requirements. The new “Diversity…
Waste of Taxpayer Dollars? $140,000 to Professor to ‘Facilitate’ Obesity Discussions
Huh?! This is a serious research matter, apparently: Hence, the National Institutes of Health granted Becky Marquez, an assistant professor at the University of California at San Diego, over $143,000 to “to give ‘communication competency’ to…
Universities, Students Miss the Point on Diversity and Inclusion, says One Official
From the College Fix: American University’s Fanta Aw, assistant vice president of campus life and a sociologist by training, said students are coopting phrases like “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” without understanding their psychological origins. “Most of our…
Princeton Will Keep Woodrow Wilson’s Name After All
What is the school’s decision? To put up “diverse artwork,” as the College Fix reported, while keeping Woodrow Wilson’s name on the public affairs school and on one of their residential halls. Photo by Woodrow…
Tennessee Lawmakers to Withhold Funding from Univ. of Tennessee over Annual ‘Sex Week’
Apparently this has been an ongoing battle between the state legislature and the University of Tennessee over the university’s annual ‘Sex Week.’ Photo by mjpeacecorps Photo by mjpeacecorps
Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming
Craig Idso, Robert Carter and S. Fred Singer tackled climate change alarmism in the book, “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming: The NIPCC Report on Scientific Consensus,” published by the Heartland Institute. As much as…
Lawrence Summers: No Hypersensitivity against Anti-Semitism at Colleges, but Why Not?
Summers, a professor at Harvard, makes some great points in his piece in the Washington Post. Photo by :::mediActivista:::
Son of Close Clinton Advisor Praised Hamas Attack on an Israeli Base
Oh, Max Blumenthal…of all things you could say: At London University’s School of Economics last month, Max Blumenthal was caught on tape praising the terror group Hamas, saying its armed faction, the al-Qassam Brigades, sent an…