Last Fall, I wrote that the Nobel Prize was awarded to writer Doris Lessing, now an anti-communist critical of feminists, for her earlier Marxism and feminism. Predictably, a reader from academe disagreed.
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CPAC Campus Victories
At the 2008 CPAC, leaders of the conservative movement urged students and others to stand up for their principles and remain united.
Behind the School Safety Movement
“Safety” for these coalition members seems strikingly similar to silencing oppositional perspectives on sexuality and substituting sexually “unbiased” connotations for the traditional American conception of family.
Liberty Counsel Defends School Against ACLU
The ACLU filed suit to take away property tax exemptions for housing that is owned by religious organizations and used by private school teachers.
State Department Launches TV Studio
Given the increasing negative perception of the world towards the United States, the Department of State has created a new Television Studio to improve America’s image as a tool in public diplomacy.
UNschooling
Beverly Eakman’s new book, Walking Targets, is a detailed and accurate description of the troubling
and dangerous state of education in contemporary United
States of America.
Just The Facts?
A joint project by the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Psychological Association (APA) is giving parents 16,000 new reasons to question the agenda of national teachers’ union leaders.
Wealth of Washington Principals
The average annual compensation package for each D.C. area school superintendent will run well over $350,000 per year
AmeriCorps Blowup
Magree that America needs significant educational reform. For Center for American Progress (CAP) affiliates, at least, the front lines of that reform start with the AmeriCorps.
The Bullying Pulpit
If you think that primary schools don’t spend enough time on education now, just wait. As a famous guy once said, “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!”
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Sex Week at University of New Mexico Distorts Reality
An op-ed by a student at the university says that the upcoming sex education week is full of misinformation.
Rand Paul Visits GW Campus, Talks about Drugs, Libertarianism
Libertarian-leaning GOP presidential candidate for 2016, Rand Paul, visited George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus and spoke on his key issues: decriminalization of marijuana and revoking mandatory jail sentences for drug possession, onerous government surveillance…
Anthropologists Vote to Join BDS Movement
College Fix reported on the American Anthropological Association (AAA): Choosing from a “menu” of options devised by a task force with scant experience in Palestine, association members chose a compromise option at its annual business meeting…
Princeton Students Fight Back against Safe Spaces
Campus Reform reported: A student coalition at Princeton University is taking a stand against proposals to create “safe spaces” through mandatory diversity courses and whitewashing the school’s history. The Princeton Open Campus Coalition (POCC), which…
Cornell Art Exhibit Blasts GOP, Tea Party
So much for being a place for tolerance for other views on a liberal college campus: Artwork displayed as part of the annual Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations Labor Roundtable featured several strongly…
Colleges Join the White House Climate Change Roundtable
George Washington may be turning in his grave to hear about this climate change alarmism. According to their e-mail newsletter, GW University President Steven Knapp had “attended a roundtable discussion” at the White House “as…
Crowdfunding Campaigns Hit George Washington University Campus
It’s interesting that the colleges and universities are getting onto the crowdfunding bandwagon, but this time, sponsoring student crowdfunding efforts via competitions.
What Education Reports Think of Safe Spaces
Check out this piece in the Washington Monthly.
Secretary of Defense Proposes New, Innovative Hiring at Defense Dept
Ash Carter made the announcement at the Foggy Bottom campus of George Washington University.
Refugee-Themed Dinner Night at George Washington University
In an article published in the university’s e-mail newsletter, George Washington University lauded its annual event called the Interfaith Dinner (whose original name was not mentioned in the article). The dinner event, sponsored by both…
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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