Occasionally, one of our more free market economists in academe latches onto an idea that moves us away from collectivism. Unfortunately, the impact is usually marginal. Such an idea is “reference pricing,” or competitive pricing…
Topic: University of Pennsylvania

Women’s March Organizer Felt March Participants were Selfish
One of the organizers of the anti-Trump Women’s March on Washington, Tamika Mallory, took issue with the alleged selfishness of those who marched in Washington, D.C. The University of Pennsylvania hosted Mallory recently, and the…
Ivy League Student said He Can’t Go to Class since His Professor Won’t Acknowledge White Privilege
From Tom McLaughlin’s blog: James Fisher said he couldn’t attend classes at the University of Pennsylvania because one his white professors refused to denounce his white privilege. Fisher is black, and he wrote an article about…
Former Vice President Joe Biden to Work at Penn as a Professor, but No One Knows What Work He will Do
From The College Fix: On February 7 it was announced that former Vice President Joe Biden would join the University of Pennsylvania as a “Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor” … but almost a month later, no one…
Penn Frat Beer Pong Team ‘Viet Pong’ Offends Students
Everything is offensive, even a beer pong team name from a Penn fraternity: A member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and his date have miffed Asian students at the University of Pennsylvania after it was…

Another Election Winner: Academic Who Called It
Not everybody made a lousy prediction on this year’s election results. In introducing Penn Professor David Eisenhower at the University Club on January 19, 2017, Hadley Arkes of the James Wilson Center noted that the…

Five Examples of Anti-Trump Rhetoric on College Campuses
Suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, college professors, faculty, administrators and students appear to be unable to cope with an impending Donald Trump presidency. Examples of Trump Derangement Syndrome and anti-Trump rhetoric range from extra credit…
Penn’s English Department Replaced Shakespeare Portrait with Gay Poet, then a Collage of Writers
Is this the right time to tell the Penn English department to ‘get thee to a nunnery’? From The College Fix: Early this month a group of University of Pennsylvania students removed a portrait of…
Penn Students Tear Down Portrait of Shakespeare in the Name of Diversity
This is very politically correct to tear down a portrait of one of the more renowned poets in history, William Shakespeare, in favor of a gay poet.

Trump Derangement Syndrome
The Left struggles to come to grips with the reality of a Trump White House. Here are ten examples of college Trump Derangement Syndrome: Notre Dame. Notre Dame’s president, John Jenkins, is weighing whether to…