Interestingly, Thanksgiving has remained relatively unscathed as progressives try to remake the American calendar. Maybe they because don’t want to blow a four-day weekend. I did have an oddball professor—it does sound redundant—35 years ago…
Perspectives
Journalism 101: Orwell Revisited
Pity the poor journalism student: He, or she, has to keep up with so many ways to spin a story that it would make George Orwell dizzy. “During Republican administrations they prided themselves on being…
Redefining Gender at the University of Oregon
From queer studies and LGBTQIA+ scholarships to gender-free pronouns and special “gender equity” housing, the University of Oregon stands at the forefront of the social revolution to redefine gender. The Office of the Dean of…
Immigration 101
Academics may want to downplay the increasing level of unchecked immigration at America’s southern border but those levels keep rising in real time. “Late in 2013, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials and members of…
Yale Republican Leaves “Intellectual Ghetto”
David Gelernter, a Republican Yale professor of computer science, appeared on the O’Reilly Factor last week to discuss his recent Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he says he will vote for Trump in order to…
Obama Scaring Allies on Nuclear ‘No First Use’ Policy
The Obama administration is considering a ‘no first use’ policy, which is not sitting well with longtime American allies, said Professor Matthew Kroenig, an associate professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University, at…
“The Terrorist Threat against U.S. has Never Been Greater” says Johns Hopkins Lecturer
At the Heritage Foundation, Dr. Mary Habeck, an adjunct lecturer at John Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies (known as SAIS), noted that terrorism has spiked since 2011. She said that today, “the terrorist threat…
Miranda Rights Should be Reconsidered
Should the U.S. Supreme Court reconsider the famous ‘Miranda’ rights? One law professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Paul Cassell, made a case for remaking what we know today as…
The College Board’s SAT Money Hustle
A recent report alleged that the College Board, the architects of the college entrance exams known today as the SAT, is becoming a profit-driven (yet taxpayer-funded) machine, instead of a business focused on the greater…
A Guide to Fight for School Choice
The Institute for Justice (IJ) and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) issued a jointly-published guide on how lawmakers and activists can push for more school choice in their home states. In their second edition…