Perspectives CAIR Meddling in Academia Malcolm A. Kline February 23, 2015 It’s not hard to find out who sets the terms of debate and parameters of discussion concerning the Middle East…
Perspectives Universities Venture into Capitalism Malcolm A. Kline February 19, 2015 Universities may want to adopt a basic rule to avoid mission creep: When you have failed in your basic task,…
Perspectives Did Governor Scott Walker Graduate? Malcolm A. Kline Reports that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker did not graduate from college have provoked a stream of broadsides, most of them…
News, Perspectives Economists Need a Field Trip to the Real World Malcolm A. Kline February 14, 2015 At least one economist gets off campus frequently enough to see what the real economy looks like and, naturally, he’s…
Events, News Digital Age has Hurt America’s Ability to Write Well Malcolm A. Kline February 12, 2015 Nostalgia is overrated, a Harvard psychologist says. “The bad-dominates-good phenomenon is multiplied by a second source of bias, sometimes called…
News, Perspectives Unions cap Charter School Growth Malcolm A. Kline February 11, 2015 Charter school growth has exploded over the last two decades and so have the waiting lists to get in them….
Perspectives Obama’s Apology Tour Defense Malcolm A. Kline An academic tries to make the case that our peripatetic president’s business trips abroad do not constitute an “apology tour,”…
Perspectives George W. Bush Reappraised? Sort of Malcolm A. Kline February 10, 2015 We think we’ve found the closest thing you will ever see to a scholarly defense of George W. Bush. “Let…
Perspectives Marquette Fires Traditional, Well-Liked Professor Malcolm A. Kline February 7, 2015 Proving once again that tenure offers little protection to more conservative scholars, Marquette’s president recently fired a tenured professor who…
Perspectives Scott Walker’s Smart Higher Ed Proposal Malcolm A. Kline February 6, 2015 The governor of Wisconsin has provoked the ire of the higher education establishment in the state by suggesting that professors…
Perspectives Questioning Common Core Malcolm A. Kline February 4, 2015 Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has nine question for Common Core opponents, which I would like to…
Perspectives Left Losing Wisconsin’s Teacher’s Unions Malcolm A. Kline It’s getting harder and harder to find left-wing activists, even in public school unions in progressive Wisconsin. “In 2011, in…
