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One sure sign that academia is failing in its mission can be seen in the lack of understanding by the young of the toll taken by communist regimes around the world throughout the 20th Century, that continues to accumulate to this very day. “Ask college students, and I have, how many Stalin killed and you get the answer, ‘thousands,’” University of Pennsylvania history professor Alan Charles Kors said on June 12th at the Heritage Foundation. “That’s like saying Hitler killed hundreds of Jews.”

Communism may be dead in Eastern Europe, but its influence is alive and well in various areas of the world, even though intellectuals in and out of the Ivory Tower would rather not talk about it.

Dr. Alan Charles Kors of the University of Pennsylvania delivered a powerful speech at the Leadership Institute last Wednesday regarding the trend of American institutions of higher education toward increasingly liberal rule.

Dr. Alan Charles Kors of the University of Pennsylvania delivered a powerful speech at the Leadership Institute last Wednesday regarding the trend of American institutions of higher education toward increasingly liberal rule.

In the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre and the call for more gun control and firearm-free zones, at least one economist is offering an independent analysis that is worth considering.

Leading clergymen and women warned of the dangers of global warming at a congressional hearing on June 7th.

If college students are watching less television, their viewing habits could drastically cut down on their indoctrination time.

Charles Darwin is partly to blame for eugenics, according to Discovery Institute senior fellow John West.

One reason why politicians spend more time talking about education reform than actually engaged in it might be that they benefit greatly from the status quo.

Some social scientists seem to have a hard time distinguishing between the social sciences and hard science.

When academics cross the line into advocacy they risk violating their own oft-stated goal of illuminating current controversies, such as immigration.

Academics are trying out a new way to make peace with American icons, namely by turning them into liberals long after their death. Such seems to be Johns Hopkins University (JHU) professor Richard Halpern’s approach to the art of Norman Rockwell.