From our friend Ashe Schow at the Washington Examiner: None of the campus administrators who branded the young men as rapists before the evidence was collected ever faced consequences, and it appears they have no…
Topic: Duke University
Ten Years Later, the Duke Lacrosse Case Still Reverberates
It’s a good read by K.C. Johnson on the ten-year anniversary of the Duke men’s lacrosse rape scandal. Photo by elacrosse_com
Duke Grad Student: Defending Free Speech = White Supremacy
Uh, sorry, but that is not true. Free speech is a constitutional right.
Open Letter to Duke on Academic Freedom
It’s worth your time. Go ahead and read it.
Universities Searching for Hoaxes
Universities have come a long way from the days of yore when they proclaimed that part of their mission was the search of truth. At the Heritage Foundation recently, Brooklyn College history professor KC Johnson…
Duke Students Compare Charleston Shooter to all White People
So being a white person means you are very similar to the Charleston shooter? Sounds like judge and jury have decided the verdict before any defense could be made.
Other Times for Choosing
On July 17, Professor Michael Munger of Duke University hosted a forum at the Cato Institute about his new book, Choosing in Groups: Analytical Politics Revisited. By distinguishing an individual and his/her role in a…
Duke University Condemns Professor’s Remarks about Baltimore
Political science professor Jerry Hough, age 80, said that “Every Asian student has a very simple old American first name that symbolizes their desire for integration…Virtually every black has a strange new name that symbolizes their…
Elites Push Physician-Assisted Suicide
Overlooked in the media coverage of and academic debate about physician-assisted suicide: it’s not the people most likely to receive it who are promoting it. “It’s the well off and healthy who are calling for it,”…
The Duke vs. Duke University
It’s a classic clash of symbols: The family of a right-wing icon goes head to head with a left-wing school, but for distinctly apolitical reasons. “Heirs of the late movie legend John Wayne have filed…