Articles by Malcolm A. Kline

When academics venture off campus, they may take a little longer to notice things than the rest of us.

Following in the spirit of Halloween, albeit a bit belated, are several academic surprises, courtesy of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Central Florida political scientist can’t believe people would think President Clinton was left-wing.

George Washington University is actually bringing a one-time Republican officeholder to its’ Foggy Bottom campus, of course, he is no longer a member of the GOP.

The latest thesis circulating in academia lends further credence to the observation that academics may only rival journalists in their tendency to miss the obvious, whether by accident or design.

Accommodation of the Soviet Union, to one degree or another, was itself a byproduct of academic thought.

The President’s favorite think tank, the Center for American Progress (CAP) is so anxious to help the White House reach its goal of 60 percent of the population with college degrees that they are considering high school dropouts as likely targets for recruiters.

Perhaps the Left has discovered a form of western civilization it likes—at least of the modern-day variety.

“The taxes we rely on most have marginal excess rates of 40 to 50 percent.”—Duke University economist Chris Conover at the Cato Institute on October 13, 2010

It turns out that progressive educator John Dewey’s books were not only influential in the United States.

A historian at Penn makes the case that education is a welfare benefit then goes on to virtually endorse it as such.

For decades, media elites and academics alike have accepted the accounts that veterans of the anti-Vietnam War movement gave of themselves, particularly when those vets occupied academic berths.