Although Inside Higher Ed published an article that intended to express optimism and hope for renewable energy (i.e. green or clean energy) for Native Americans, the reader comes away befuddled and confused about the pragmatism…
Monthly Archives For April 2021
Chauvin trial outcome pleases left-wing higher education figures
The end of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was met with cheers, jubilation, and celebration as racial injustice activists and other figures claimed it was a moment of vindication. Chauvin was…
NCAA threatens states over women’s sports, transgender laws
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), an organization often maligned for its bureaucracy and lack of meaningful reforms, warned lawmakers across the country about enacting laws barring transgender women from participating in K-12 and college…
The New Red Guards at Universities
Seeming to give credence to Bertrand Russell’s observation that “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts,” Michael Saunders,…
Stanford University plays the race card after Atlanta spa shooting
In the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings, the families of 8 victims, six Asian and two white, were forced to grieve the loss of a child. Despite the absence of evidence indicating that the…
Social studies teacher calls for left-wing U.S. civics curriculum
Left-wing U.S. civics education is gaining some momentum, according to a report from the Washington, D.C metropolitan area. NBC Washington reported that teachers working in the area endorsed the idea of implementing a new U.S….
Higher education blasts voter integrity laws
Several states, including Georgia, Texas, and Arizona are reforming their election and voter integrity laws. However, the Republican-led efforts did not escape the notice of the mainstream media, “woke” corporations such as Coca-Cola, or higher…
Cancel Culture targeted Virginia Medical Student
Last month, I wrote about a freedom of speech case dealing with a student who was reprimanded by his college for sharing his religious beliefs on campus. This week, the woke movement was dealt another…
Anti-Semites Should Not Define Anti-Semitism
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. As the 2016…
A Race to the Bottom in Language Standards
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. When the prescient…