On April 8, 2016, military historian and author Patrick K. O’Donnell spoke at the Heritage Foundation to discuss his book “Washington’s Immortals,” a book about the forgotten people and battles in the revolutionary war. The…
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Mao’s Cultural Revolution Bred Capitalism
Editor’s Note: Maybe the ‘May Day’ activists need a refresher course in socialism. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution during the 1960s was a disastrous failure and it created a capitalist society in rural China, noted one professor…
Health Care in Academia vs. the Real World
Four Harvard University students won the annual Econometrics World Championship (also known as the Econometric Game) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The annual event is organized by the University of Amsterdam and the VSAE (Association of…
Globally Warm Public Schools
Global warming alarmists who claim that the science is settled on climate change are partially right: Public schools have reached a verdict on it. “A nationwide survey of 1,500 U.S. middle and high school science…
Universities Against Regulation… Of Themselves
Academics found something they don’t want the government to regulate when they looked in the mirror. “Last year, for example, the Task Force on Federal Regulation of Higher Education—formed in 2013 at the behest of…
Can College Demonstrators Lose Liberal Support?
College demonstrators might be losing support for the causes they claim to hold dear from their most natural, and effective allies. “Even sympathetic observers end up a tad uncomfortable here: Those of us who support…
Tennessee Students Stage a Walkout Over Cuts to Diversity Office
However, calling it a “walkout” is “ableist” and discriminates toward the handicapped, so it’s called a “mass class exit.” Photo by mjpeacecorps Photo by mjpeacecorps
Academics Resist Nationalization… Of Their Endowments
Normally, professors and college administrators see no end to their ever-expanding list of things that are “too important to be left to the free market.” Apparently, even they have their limits. When two professors from…
The Left is Down on Reagan
Even when they are trying to be even-handed, academics can’t hide their biases. “While it is certainly true that the public has a decidedly negative view on ‘the way things are going in the country…
The American Dream is at a Standstill
Now here’s news you’re not likely to get from many commencement speeches, especially if they are given by Obama Administration officials, including the chief executive himself. Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute,…