In a recent critique of Blacklisted By History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies that appeared in National Review, historian Ron Radosh makes numerous assertions about the book by M. Stanton Evans that are completely unsupported by the work itself.
Recent Articles
On Trustees We Dump
Only on college campuses does the middle class run the show, as tenured faculty lord it over students and trustees alike.
Greening Academia
While the vision of a “carbon neutral” setting in academia helps place the schools on the cutting edge of the green movement and even though another 378 schools have signed on to the pledge many of the signatories are finding tougher to walk the walk than talk the talk on this issue.
Academic Freedom For Trustees
Freedom of speech is much prized on the nation’s campuses, and often invoked by faculty. But is there freedom of speech for college trustees?
Peter Pan Nation
If it seems that America’s establishment figures have been getting increasingly immature as the years go by, you are not imagining things.
Will the Reality of Biofuels Catch Up With the Hype?
Experts are warning that mandating use of bio-fuel energy (such as ethanol) by companies is increasing inflation.
You Don’t Get What You Pay For in College
Recently, a history professor at a distinguished university commented during a TV interview that Americans should be more humble. After all, he said, more than 50,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese died during the Vietnam War for no reason.
Foreign Investment and Iran’s Future
The NIE timeline proposed for Iran to create enough highly-enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb suspiciously parallels predictions of an Iranian economic collapse.
Need to Know
Manufacturers are not required to notify the public of the use of GRAS substances, nor include them as ingredients in their products.
Adult Academic Book Store
Our academic elites love to point out to the rest of us how unenlightened we are. Perhaps they can explain the scholarly value of some of the books rolling off of their own university presses.
Recent Articles
Bowdoin College Professors Cancel Classes to Help Boost Attendance at Climate Change, Racism Event
College Fix with the latest: Many Bowdoin College professors recently canceled classes to help host a campuswide teach-in focused on the intersection between climate change, racism and social justice. Students at the private liberal arts campus…
Thomas Jefferson Statue-Supporting Students Accused of White Privilege
Tolerance is a one-way street, only for liberals. Supporters of a Thomas Jefferson statue were mocked on social media (oh, that’s brave! So courageous! *sarcasm*).
University of Delaware College of Arts and Science Pledges $1 Million for Diversity
One million dollars for diversity?! The University of Delaware’s College of Arts and Science has “introduced [a] new $1 million budget […] to fund programs to increase diversity,” says Dean George H. Watson. “It’s always…
Georgia Tech May Change Fight Song to ‘Reflect’ Female Achievements
Yes, there’s a petition to change the fight song to reflect the achievements of women. This is getting crazy.
Border Patrol Withdraws from University of California-Irvine Career Fair after Complaints They’re Offensive, Unsafe
The Border Patrol backed out of participating in the University of California-Irvine’s career fair because the negative attention could distract from recruiters’ ability to recruit applicants.
Moral Dementia at Stanford and Berkeley
In a display of moral narcissism that British columnist Melanie Phillips has characterized as a “dialogue of the demented,”Stanford students staged a public protest on October 19th to once again denounce Israel and, presumably, to honor…
Why are Liberals, Muslims and Activists Silent on Muslim Women’s Equality Issues?
That is the question posed by activist Raheel Raza, who was invited to speak at a screening of a documentary about female genital mutiliation at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. As the College…
Student Sues Community College for Preventing the Formation of a Conservative Club on Campus
Campus Reform with the latest: Moriah DeMartino, a student at Hagerstown Community College, is suing the school for refusing to let her establish a conservative student group on campus, Hypeline reports. “There is a lack…
Father of ‘Clock Boy’ was a 9/11 Truther
College Fix with the latest: One of the more recent entries said that the result of his son’s ordeal will, according to Big Government (which has a screen capture of the post), “lead to spreading Islam…
Arthur Miller — Communist
On the centenary of his birth, he remains the playwright who made anti-communism a hate crime. By Paul Kengor – 10.16.15 October 17, 2015 is the centenary of the birth of Arthur Miller, one of…