Articles by Malcolm A. Kline

Nobody can miss the point like a well-paid, federally subsidized scholar.

The top ten academic fiascoes are those theories that actually were tried outside the Ivory Tower. Within it, they are still wildly successful.

A new report contains a sobering reality for would-be education reformers: Bad schools usually don’t get better.

George Washington University is going the extra mile to make its students comfortable.

“If some of the logic in Steele’s selection two years ago was that a black chairman would expand Republican Party appeal to minority voters, there’s scant evidence that this was accomplished.”—syndicated columnist Star Parker on Michael Steel, current chairman of the RNC.

When something gets a bad rap from elites, it’s probably worth a second look.

A search for defenders of social security who believe the program is sound turned up…an academic.

Gender Studies may never have had a clear mission but it is still susceptible to mission creep.

A Northeastern governor is considering education spending cuts and this time it is not New Jersey’s Chris Christie.

Now that the President is poised to sign the repeal of the ban on homosexuals serving in the U. S. military, academics are prepared to welcome the armed forces they have banned from their campuses with open arms, at least metaphorically.

It turns out that John Wayne movies might be more accurate than American history textbooks.

In their ongoing attack on clear and precise grammar, professors attack the one book that promotes both—Strunk & White’s Elements of Style.