One way to measure the left-wing bias in academia is by looking at the degree to which those who don’t subscribe to that point of view go to camouflage their outlook on life. “Approximately a…
Topic: conservatives
Orlando and the Left’s Preferred Enemy
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published at the American Spectator. I was attending a graduation party Sunday afternoon when a former student asked for my thoughts on the shooting in Orlando. We both expressed…
Blaming Conservatives for Muslim Terrorism
Admitting that “the full facts” were still unknown, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) nevertheless issued a statement on Sunday afternoon on “the senseless act of domestic terrorism in Orlando,” saying that “it is not surprising…
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Self-identifying Marxist professors outnumber conservatives, according to a study.
Conservative Professor Worries If He Settles Free Speech Case, It Encourages More Repression
John McAdams, who has been fighting Marquette University over them repressing his freedom of speech, is concerned that by settling, it sets a dangerous precedent. He could be right.
Researchers Admit “Minor Error” in Correcting Paper that Linked Conservatives to Authoritarianism
“Minor error,” huh? Okay. The correction came three years after the paper claimed social liberals were linked with “Social Desirability,” and conservatives with authoritarianism. The paper “Correlation not Causation: The Relationship Between Personality Traits and…
CPAC Nixed Facebook Meeting
CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp turned down the chance to visit Facebook last month, telling Greta von Susteren at “On the Record” that he thought the conservative confab over political bias allegations was merely a political PR stunt after they got caught.
Maryland Community College Settles Lawsuit over Prevention of the Formation of a Conservative Student Club
Hagerstown Community College settled with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the group representing Moriah DeMartino in this case, after the college prevented DeMartino from forming Turning Point USA (a conservative group) on their college campus.
Liberal New York Times Columnist: Banning Conservatives from College Isn’t Diversity
From the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof: “Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious. We’re fine with people who don’t look like us, as long as they think like us.”
Searching for Conservative Scholars
Here’s one of the reasons we do what we do. Even when the remaining journalists on the education beat bend over backwards to cover a story fairly, they still wind up giving it the educational…