Our yearly reminder and blog post of a Thanksgiving Proclamation, this time it’s George Washington’s: Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789 By the President of the…
Monthly Archives For November 2016
Thanksgiving Still Remains on the American Calendar, For Now
Interestingly, Thanksgiving has remained relatively unscathed as progressives try to remake the American calendar. Maybe they because don’t want to blow a four-day weekend. I did have an oddball professor—it does sound redundant—35 years ago…
Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving to be Celebrated at Smith College by Students for Justice in Palestine
From Campus Reform: The school’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter organized the “Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving: Water, Land, and Solidarity” event, which sought to highlight commonalities between the Palestinian cause and the Standing Rock Sioux…
Remember This? Florida State University RA Defends Thanksgiving Display that Criticized Pilgrims
This was news from over a week ago, but it’s a good review of the ridiculousness on college campuses: From Campus Reform: Campus Reform initially reported on the display’s hostility towards the Pilgrims, promoting “facts”…
Hampshire College Stops Flying American Flag after One was Burned on Veterans Day
Talk about a disappointing action by someone to burn an American flag on Veterans Day, which has led to this decision to protect the flag by not flying it in the meantime: Jonathan Lash, the…
University Professor Association President: Trump is the ‘Greatest Threat to Academic Freedom’ Since McCarthy
The president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said that Trump is a grave threat to academic freedom: In a statement published the morning after election night, AAUP’s president, Rudy Fichtenbaum, acknowledges that…
Conservatives Start ‘Not My Campus’ Effort at University of Michigan to Counter President’s Remarks on Trump
From Campus Reform: The school’s president, Mark Schlissel, made national headlines after last week’s shocking election results when he publicly shamed his students who voted for Trump, noting at a school rally that “90 percent…
Government Persecutes For Profit Colleges
Can it be that the federal government has been waging war on for-profit colleges because, with all their problems, they still make traditional institutions of higher learning look bad? For example, the Obama Administration famously…
Pitt’s Social Work Department Pushed for Extra Credit for Anti-Trump Protest Participation
From Campus Reform: The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work encouraged its professors to offer students extra credit to participate in an anti-Trump rally in downtown Pittsburgh. On Thursday, students and faculty in Pitt’s…
University of Arizona Lecturer Compared Trump Presidency to Rape
That sounds like quite a terrible comparison to make, isn’t it? A University of Arizona professor compared the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency to rape, saying he is “plundering our country” and “forc[ing] his…