Articles by Malcolm A. Kline

The acknowledgements of the passing of reporter Robert D. Novak last week were appropriately respectful, for the most part, albeit with an occasional backhand. For example, in his column in The Washington Post, Howard Kurtz, in the main, tried to give him his due.

The rush to relevance begun by college administrators in the 1960s never stopped.

It contains more useful information
than any journalism textbook we have seen but don’t expect legendary
reporter Robert Novak’s memoirs to become required reading in
communications classes anytime soon.

Students today walk a fine line between comedy and tragedy.

If only the University of Hawaii’s million-dollar football coach had insulted Christians, conservatives or the state of Israel, then, like the protagonists in Erich Segal’s Love Story, McMackin would never have to say, “I’m sorry.”

We have long wondered precisely what post-graduate activity women’s studies courses prepare young women for. The Bunny Ranch has given us an answer.

A noted author who spent the first 30 years of her life living under Shariah law in the Middle East takes a dim view of the manner in which one of the largest school systems in the country—namely California’s—explains it to students.

Nonie Darwish describes her personal experiences under Islamic law.

When international test scores came out showing that American students scored lower on standardized math tests than Koreans but felt better about themselves, statisticians scratched their heads. It turns out that the Yanks may actually have been living up to what they were trained for.

Parents continue to voice their alarm over the manner in which California public schools teach seventh-graders about Islam compared to other faiths.

Homeland Security expert describes what really goes on at the infamous detention agency.

We have written about film studies and English professors who come up with novel theories about cinematic masterpieces without bothering to check the archived papers of the directors, writers and producers of those films to see if their hypotheses were the filmmakers’ original intentions.