Academics have always prided themselves on elevated discourse, frequently at the expense of the rest of us. Their claims of reaching this exalted state are increasingly, well, out of reach.
Topic: townhall
Fake Diplomas
It is perhaps appropriate, although distressingly so, that in our increasingly ersatz society, education is in the vanguard.
Is Black Political Power Overrated?
Two African-American scholars argue that it is.
Discrimination Data You Haven’t Seen
And might never have but for two independent-minded economists–Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell
Study: Minimum Wage Workers Lost $125 Per Month due to Rapid Minimum Wage Hike
Hiking the minimum wage too quickly and too much has led to a decrease in hours worked and wages for minimum wage workers.

Cal-Berkeley Made It Difficult for Conservative Speaker, Raised Security Price Tag and Restricted Hotel Location
Administrators at Cal-Berkeley made it difficult for the College Republicans chapter to schedule speaker David Horowitz, which they ended up canceling.
Enough of the Precocious ConservaKids
A great piece from Townhall’s Kurt Schlichter on why conservatives must be wary of conservative Millennials and youths in today’s social media-crazed world: Remember 13-year old Jonathan Krohn, who wowed the 2009 CPAC with a collection…
Big Data to Try to Exclude Parents in Common Core Review
Reason gazillion of why federally-mandated Common Core standards are just a way for corporations to get data on your children and grandchildren. Photo by Chung Chu
George Mason University College Republicans Protested Obama’s Townhall on Guns
Prior to last week’s townhall debate, televised by CNN at George Mason University, College Republicans protested the anti-gun rhetoric of the Left and Obama.