If there is an indefensible position on property rights, count on an academic to take it. On March 20 the Supreme Court began to hear oral arguments in Murr v. Wisconsin, a property rights case…
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Maryland: A Sanctuary State or a Safe Space after ‘Brutal’ Rape in School Bathroom?
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan did not mince words when he discussed how he felt about the Rockville, Maryland rape case where a 14-year-old girl was raped by two classmates, one of whom is confirmed to…
Clexit: Withdrawing America from the UN Climate Change Treaties
The United States is entangled in expensive, and ultimately, useless and inefficient United Nations climate change treaties, wrote author Donn Dears. Dears, a former General Electric (GE) executive, wrote a book which is being promoted…
Is there a ‘Trump Effect’ that Increased Canadian International Student Enrollments?
Inside Higher Ed reported how Canadian universities and colleges are experiencing a surge and spike in applications to their higher education institutions, with some staffers claiming that it is due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s…
Obama Economist Can’t Spin Trump Jobs Data
Lisa D. Cook, a Michigan State economist who served on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), took sharp aim at her old boss’s successor in an appearance at the Center for American Progress (CAP)…
New York Times Skewed Survey Data to Show Foreign Students are Intimidated by Trump’s Policies
The Daily Caller with the scoop on how the New York Times skewed survey data on foreign student applications to American colleges and universities to prove a political point about President Trump’s policies. Instead of…
Trump Provides Teachable Moments for Liberals
There’s a reason why nobody really noticed when major media outlets dropped their education beats: They weren’t doing much to begin with, other than recycling public school press releases. You can get a flavor of…
CalArts Student’s Master Thesis is a Cheetos Art Display
Out with paint, watercolors and other traditional art mediums and styles. In with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, and lots of it. For her master’s thesis, a student at CalArts poured hundreds of pounds of Cheetos (a…
Survey: Liberal Millennials Outnumber Conservatives, Less Religious than Older Generation
The American Faith and Culture Institute published the results of a survey comparing Millennials and the older demographic of Americans and they are eye-raising: The Worldview Measurement Project, conducted by the American Culture and Faith Institute, reveals…
The ‘Resource Curse’ Theory is Wrong
In a recent policy analysis by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute, Peter Kaznacheev claimed that the oft-used academic theory of a “resource curse” is erroneous and mistaken. Kaznacheev is the director at the Centre…