In a recent post on his academe blog, John K. Wilson offers several quotes to rebut the charge that mid East scholar Norman Finkelstein is a holocaust denier
Faculty Lounge
All Sex Is Local
Arguably, this is where the issue of sex education belongs.
Academia’s for-profit Angst
While the academic world is overwhelmingly either non-profit or attached to state and local governments, left-leaning academics are warning of the danger of the relatively tiny for-profit sector in higher education.
Leave Those Kids Alone
While Barack Obama’s image as America’s “gay president” is still settling in the public mind, another image came hurtling into view – that of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the person in charge of more than 49 million public school kids, expressing his full support for same sex marriage as well.
Head Start Fails Test
Recently, some long-suppressed government reports have finally revealed that it doesn’t work, despite spending nearly $7 billion on nearly 1 million children every year.
Academic Study Scores Obama
As if he hasn’t had enough bad news, now the presdent faces a study finding him wanting from one of his key constituencies—academia.
Another Beautiful Mind
It turns out that the author of A Beautiful Mind has an impressive intellect as well.
Don’t Mess With Markets
Occasionally, you actually do get some unique insights from academia, unique to academia anyway.
Professors Study Funny Papers
The decades-long push to make English Departments more relevant has only succeeded in marginalizing them.
Chief Illiniwek’s Revenge?
Evidently the publicity that surrounded the removal of team mascot Chief Illiniwek five years ago only whetted the University of Illinois’ appetite for more controversy.