Articles by Malcolm A. Kline

Malcolm A. Kline is the Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia. If you would like to comment on this article, e-mail contact@academia.org.
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Say, Can You See?

We have finally learned what, in this day and age, can get students thrown off of federal property—singing the National Anthem.

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Kinsey Cubed

Sometimes academic health research can look downright unhealthy, particularly if it is funded by the federal government.

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Comprehensive Carnal Knowledge

Advocates of abstinence education have long been suspicious of their opposite number who support “comprehensive” sex education. Earlier this summer, teenagers in Shenandoah, Iowa found out just how comprehensively the subject can be covered.

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Shall Shariah Reign Supreme?

One of the odd dichotomies in the academic career of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is her militant opposition to the U. S. military’s ban on homosexuality and her equally fervent embrace of the Shariah law of the Mideast that proscribes death for homosexuals.

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Who Do You Trust?

Apparently if your child draws a flag in class, the student better put it in a circle so as not to offend the teacher.

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Sicko Again

When it first came out, I predicted that the Michael Moore “health care documentary” Sicko would soon be used in college courses. I was off: It’s being used in a high school.

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Still Life of Mind

With all of the courses that have the word “studies” attached to them, you would think that students are actually doing more studying. Au contraire mon ami.

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The Way They Were

Conservative students opting out of campus battles in favor of national ones may want to refocus their efforts.

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Hollow Common Core

In their frustration with education reform, conservative theorists often fall prey to the same inclination of their putative opponents—nationalization.