It’s been quite a turnaround for Bill Ayers. The Communist terrorist who planned bombings of police stations, in order to inflict maximum injury and death on police officers, is now depending on the police at the University of Illinois, where he is a “distinguished” professor, to protect him from the tough questions of students’ parents.
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No Justice for DeJohn
This morning, in a federal courtroom a few blocks from FIRE’s Philadelphia headquarters, the landmark case of DeJohn v. Temple University neared its long-awaited completion.
Kors on FIRE
Oppression studies have colonized the new campus, spreading academic orthodoxies throughout the Humanities, argued Alan Charles Kors at CPAC.
Justice for Victims of the Weather Underground
A live version of “Forensic Files” hits Washington, D.C. on March 12, as pressure mounts for an expanded probe of Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, and their alleged roles in the 1970 bombing murder of a San Francisco policeman.
Slow Boat to China
The relationship between the United States and China may be the most important bilateral relationship in the world.
No Permits Needed for Faith
In response to an Alliance Defense Fund-backed lawsuit, Yuba Community College District in California has decided to drop disciplinary actions against a Christian student who had proselytized on campus without a permit.
The Wondering Wanderer
Members of the Ivory Tower, some of whom remain ardent Marxists themselves, maintain that McCarthyite “hysteria” suppressed free expression in the 1950s and led to the unjustified blacklisting of those with socialist sentiments.
Another Meaning for “Difference”
At a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel on “Disability and Human Rights,” assistant Professor Rebecca Wanzo argued for a new gynecological justice and equated unequal access to “family planning” resources with the controversial practice of female genital mutilation.
Dreams From My President
A professor emerita at Stanford University, Marjorie Gabrielle Perloff dedicated the majority of her 20-minute speech to commenting on Barack Obama’s highly electable character and his autobiography.
Academia Nuts Outed
With three semesters gone, the list of dubious academic achievements of 2008 is a long one but we will try to whittle it down.