Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the spotlight after he declared war on Ukraine and sent in his military to topple Ukraine’s pro-West government. As leaders and political pundits decry Putin’s invasion and engage in…
Topic: USSR
No, Israel is Not Like Apartheid South Africa
No, anti-Israel critics, Israel is not like apartheid South Africa, contends English professor Cary Nelson.
The Millennial Morass of ‘Free Stuff’
Jesse Waters might be accused of cherry-picking low information millennials for his popular ambush interview segments on Fox News. The sad thing is, he doesn’t have to. “During the primaries, more than 80 percent of…
Do colleges + universities=economic growth?
Academics have been arguing for decades that colleges and universities are engines of economic growth. Now they seem to have scientific proof, or do they? “We estimate fixed effects models at the sub-national level between…
Why Does the Cold War Matter Today?
“Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.” On May 3, 2016, Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, an author and associate professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, repeated this quote while discussing her newly…
Mao’s Cultural Revolution Bred Capitalism
Editor’s Note: Maybe the ‘May Day’ activists need a refresher course in socialism. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution during the 1960s was a disastrous failure and it created a capitalist society in rural China, noted one professor…
#MayDay: A Day to Remember the Millions Murdered by Socialism
It’s not a day to celebrate:
How Reagan Won the Cold War
Ronald Reagan’s legacy, long after his passing, continues to be distorted by the leftist academic community, one professor noted at a panel discussion held at the Heritage Foundation. Francis Marlo, an associate professor of International…
From Stalinist Russia, With Love
In Stalinist Russia, they had a love-hate relationship with the United States: Stalin hated it but the writers he dispatched to the U. S. on investigatory trips got to rather like it. Ilya Ilf and…
Adieu to Two Scholars
Here at Accuracy in Academia, we mostly get to cover only ersatz intellectuals. Actual scholars, we too frequently find, are far fewer in number. Their ranks just got thinner this month with the passing of…
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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