In the he said/she said dialogue I recently entered into with American Federation of Teachers editor Beverly McKenna, I told her that I would post her response to my article in which I quoted her allegations that academia lacked bias. “Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you,” I wrote. “Come to think of it, if there is so little bias in academia, why am I backlogged?”
Perspectives
Fighting the NCAA
Thanks to an injunction issued by a state judge the University of North Dakota’s sports teams will get to keep using their nickname.
Civil Rights Win In Michigan
One thing that is being lost in the liberal media euphoria about the Democratic takeover of the House and Senate is the fact that most of the ballot initiatives or referendums that conservatives supported passed easily. One of the more contentious of these initiatives was Proposal 2 in Michigan which would amend the Michigan state constitution to prohibit all state agencies, including colleges from operating affirmative action programs that grant preferences based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin or gender.
Attending UC Intifada
On many college campuses, Jewish students deal with the growing trends of racism and hate crimes every day.
Erasing borders in The Classroom
While political battles rage across
America over unbridled illegal immigration on the southern border, the
Columbia University Teachers College, however, leapfrogs over the entire
debate.
PC Is Not Deaf
What trend did the trustees at Gallaudet set in motion when they gave student demonstrators veto power over the presidency of the university?
The AFT Responds
An editor at the American Federation of Teachers has issues with my recap of our conversation.
Tag Team Sensitivity
School officials react to recent shootings by banning tag.
Balancing Speech at BC
Boston College recently amended the speaker policy in the Office of the Dean for Student Development’s Student Guide to make it clear that the school has the power to balance or cancel speakers it feels are not “sensitive to and respectful of the Catholic heritage of the institution.”
Social Security
The case for private Social Security accounts is clear. More money + more ownership + more control over your destiny = private accounts are awesome. But you’ll be hard pressed to find a voice of reason on a college campus when it comes to Social Security reform.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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