Northeastern University professor Shahid Alam has aroused controversy by likening the 9/11 killers to the Founding Fathers.
Perspectives
Academia’s Leftward Tilt Documented
When Reed Irvine started Accuracy in Academia 20 years ago to document the leftward tilt in higher education, critics charged that we were way off base. Recent studies show that we are on to something.
Tariq Ramadan is not a victim
I suspect that Ramadan chose to come to the US because his numerous gaffes have shown his real face in Europe.
Kwanzaa U
We are reminded in December by television commercials and billboards that this time of year, people not only celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah but also the African feast of Kwanzaa. But how African, or for that matter, how African-American is Kwanzaa?
Christmas Makes a Comeback
Although the American Civil Liberties Union and its hand-maidens have been doing their level best to keep the Christmas spirit extinguished, the Catholic League reports that the spirit of the season is alive and well.
Nittany Nonsense
Penn State alumni urging the school’s president, Graham Spanier, to fire iconic college football coach Joe Paterno over the Nittany Lions recent losses may want to look at a bigger loser in University Park—the academic program.
The Pope Foundation and other UNC donors
Should the Pope Foundation agree to fund the proposed Western Civilization program, it would hardly be the first time a private foundation with a noticeable political agenda has ever given money to a program at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Christmas is THE NEW “C-WORD”
This is only the beginning of the Christmas season and already the anti-Christmas crusade is in high gear.
Gray Lady Downed
The New York Times obituary of our founder, Reed Irvine, contained so many inaccuracies that Accuracy in Academia’s president, James F. Davis, felt compelled to respond.
Chapel Hill vs. Western Civ, Again
The bunch, which includes a few professors (a very few, let it be said), are arguing that my column is acceptable grounds upon which the university’s College of Arts and Sciences must desist in their efforts to propose a program in Western Civilization that would win an outside grant worth several million dollars.