Craig Idso, Robert Carter and S. Fred Singer tackled climate change alarmism in the book, “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming: The NIPCC Report on Scientific Consensus,” published by the Heartland Institute. As much as…
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A Man Called Adam Smith
If the Left thinks of Adam Smith at all, it is probably as a profile on neckties worn by their bete noires on the right, but genuine liberals might find him a worthy subject of…
The AAUP on the Title IX Commandments
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently published a draft of their report on the uneven enforcement of Title IX discrimination laws, as enforced by the Obama Department of Education and their Office of…
Academic Problem with Polls
When academics point out the problems with polls, they might wind up trying to regulate them. “Because one of the things I want to say about public opinion polls is that they are the child…
Recruiting Americans Back to Christianity and Conservatism
This oft-posed question, of how can conservatives and Christians recruit young Americans to their cause, was also asked of Dr. Everett Piper, the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Ginni Thomas of The Daily Caller recently…
Stop Sending Your Kids to Liberal Universities, says University President
The president of the evangelical Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Dr. Everett Piper, was adamant about sending children to the right university and academic institution, in his recent interview with The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas. When Thomas…
Silver Linings to Student Meltdowns
The bad news is that student protestors today are more openly totalitarian than demonstrators of the 1960s. The good news: They’re less destructive. “At the University of Kansas, where I graduated, students torched the…
Soul-Free Universities
There’s something else that universities have missed in their diversity checklist. “Because when we teach communism is good, capitalism is bad, when we teach self-actualization is the goal of the academy rather than selflessness and…
Ideological Fascism on College Campuses
We should start numbering the multitude of academic ironies we cover. Here’s the latest: Those most willing to heap the “fascist” label on their foes, may be most guilty of it. The Daily Caller’s Ginni…
Clinging to Questionable Statistics
Academia is supposed to be a place in which scholars pursue inquiries. Perhaps more academics should have inquiring minds. “One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in…