Decades of teaching in colleges and universities and exposure to alleged history textbooks such as the California-approved Rereading America led Dr. George Zilbergeld to compose his own textbook, audaciously entitled A Reader for the Politically Incorrect.
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Policing The Language
In her book The Language Police, Diane Ravitch opens our eyes to the world behind school textbooks, a world ruled by censorship and dictated by the demands of interest groups.
Universities Dis Veterans
When colleges and universities talk about inclusion, there is always one group that they try to leave out—Vietnam War veterans.
Notes From A Public School Teacher
A veteran public school teacher offers some observations that the National Education Association probably won’t like.
Anti-Catholic Catholic Schools
There is no question that most academicians are liberal acolytes. There is no question that this is true even among so-called religious institutions.
Education By The Book, Unfortunately
If a public-school student gets to college without knowing when the Civil War was fought or how to do basic math, part of the problem may be with the student’s textbook.
Games Counselors Play
With so much school time given over to counseling rather than education, we thought that we would take a look at one of the games that counselors play, literally.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Multiculturally
Oregon State University celebrates Dr. King’s life with a film about gay rights and the Boy Scouts.
The Bias Of Special Education
School Administrators in inner cities have put troubled pupils in special education classes, whether those students are disabled or not.
Academics At War, With The Military
Many universities do not like America’s armed forces, especially on their own campuses, our correspondent concludes.
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Professionalism Hits New Low
Apparently, the lack of professionalism among college grads is so acute that even their professors are starting to notice.
High Rolling on Hudson
St. John’s University President “describes himself as a ‘Brooklyn guy,’ suggesting a naivete about the high-rolling lives of Saudi princes and other money men who have given prolifically to St. John’s over the years.”~Chronicle of…
Sustainability Behind The Curve
Although universities have long been envisaged as incubators of new ideas, in actuality they usually provide life support to concepts long-time passed.
Porcine Education Grants?
A government watchdog group has criticized at least one federal education scholarship program.
Getting Less For More
Academia has to be the one sector in American life over the past half century in which the portions have become diluted while the costs have gone through the roof.
Following Money: NYU Scandal
“The central but by no means sole figure in this scandal is Jacob J. Lew, the Obama administration’s new Treasury secretary, who worked at N.Y.U. in the early 2000s for a salary that eventually reached $900,000, larger even than Dr. Sexton’s at the time.”—NYU Sociologist Jeff Goodwin
Bad As It Gets
Author M. Stanton Evans got an early lesson in his law of inadequate paranoia: “No matter how bad you think things are, when you look into them you find that they are a lot worse.”
Academic Needs Conservative Education
When academics attempt to understand conservatism, they prove the wisdom of that old adage: Never let college interfere with your education. “Contemporary conservatism is based around one simple myth: those at the top deserve to…
Another Bubble: Law Schools
Apparently, we’re living in the age of bubbles—housing, financial, etc. The only thing they don’t have is their own reality show. The next one is about to burst all over the legal profession.
What We Can Learn
Perhaps today’s “thought leaders” would think more clearly if they spent more time studying the thinkers of the past.
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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