Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s innovative “Act 10” addressed the state’s budget troubles by reigning in public employee perks, like collective bargaining.
The law was expected to be challenged and/or ignored by the unions. And it was.
A conservative public-...
A different professor at USC was busted for this same thing a little less than a month ago.
Now Oliver Darcy and Josiah Ryan of Campus Reform report strike two.
‘Serious intellectual & mental problems’: Another USC prof caught on video slamming Bush, berating conservatives
A second professor at the University of Southern California...
It is no accident, as we conspiracy theorists say, that campuses that are the steamiest hothouses of “diversity” — often the most elite, selective institutions — frequently experience the most dissatisfaction with their racial “climate.” When race is like a constantly picked scab, the sore never heals.
Hannah Rosenthal is an articulate,...
The first of May, once celebrated with dances involving a very high pole with a wreath of greens, has been usurped as a socialism-oriented “International Workers Day.”
Now, the day has become an occasion to b...
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports that two professors at San Jose State burned a book because they disagreed with its point of view.
Climate change profs burn skeptical book
Two environmentalism professors at San Jose State University were photographed hosting their own private book burning party.
The offending text, “The...
Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Bill shared a new segment in which FOX News correspondent Jesse Watters visited Columbia University to confront domestic terrorist turned professor, Kathy Boudin.
It was fun.
In his inaugural address in 1981, Ronald Reagan said the following.
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
In May 2013, speaking to graduates of Ohio State, Obama said the following.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics.
Obama To Grads: Reject Voices That Warn About Government Tyranny
“Unfortunately,...
Washington Wizards player Jason Collins just announced in a Sports Illustrated article that he was gay.
Afterwards, President Obama personally called Coll...
In the video below, comedian Mark Schiff visits the campus of UCLA to ask some basic questions about the Middle East.
Via Jack Fowler of National Review.
Middle East IQ Test at UCLA
Our pal Robert Agostinelli shares this video of comedian Mark Schiff interviewing UCLA students on their knowledge of Israel and the Middle...
More and more, students are chafing at the campus “tolerance” culture.
The Columbia Spectator took a look at “Political Correctness” that masks speech censorship in a series of articles:
Respectful
rhetoric by David Salazar
Incorrectly politically correct by Ben Rashkovich
Unnecessarily controversial by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj
A
pervasive force by Bobtom Flynn
Finally, Alessandra Plosador, Columbia College sophomore...
Higher education bubble? What higher education bubble?
Ruth Simon of the Wall Street Journal reports.
Colleges Cut Prices by Providing More Financial Aid
Private U.S. colleges, worried they could be pricing themselves out of the market after years of relentless tuition increases, are offering record financial assistance to keep classrooms full.
The average “tuition discount...
Former domestic terrorist turned professor Bill Ayers has finally gone on the record regarding the Boston Marathon bombing. To the surprise of no one, he says it was completely different when he did it.
Jim Mackinnon of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
Bill Ayers defends Weather Underground bombings
KENT: Bill Ayers says people can’t...
This is apparently a tradition of sorts at UNC Chapel Hill. Funny that nothing in this house of horrors points out the job prospects awaiting these students after graduation.
Alexander Ht of Carolina Review Daily has the story.
Remarks on the 2013 Tunnel of Oppression
Ever year at UNC, the campus holds a Tunnel...
We recently reported that Roman Catholic, Jesuit-affiliated Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington refused to recognize the Knights of Columbus as an official student group because it is a Catholic organization.
Now, in a victory for true First Amendment religious freedom principles, the decision has been reversed.
A little good news – Gonzaga University...
Strict new anti-bullying laws in New Jersey and elsewhere are turning school children into criminals for doing things that kids have always done such as calling each other names.
Robby Soave of the Daily Caller reports.
Under strict bullying law, kid who called classmate ‘horse’ and ‘fat ass’ goes to court
After enacting the...
An interesting experiment recently took place on the campus of Arizona State.
Emily Buck of The FIRE reports.
Students at Arizona State Trade Liberty for a Free Lunch
A passion for promoting free speech and First Amendment rights is alive and well at Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus. Kim Olson, writing for ASU...
The South Carolina state House just passed a bill declaring Obamacare t to be “null and void,” and criminalizing its implementation.
Academics across the country are probably hoping this is a trend. Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academica takes a look at the evolution of thinking among higher education professionals as the...
Colleges have been a fertile areas for feminist activists spreading gender equity inanity.
Missouri State University student Lindsey Kolb shares thoughts about today’s feminism; these views may have her classified as a “woman hater” under current progressive standards:
Throughout my life I’ve been an extremely motivated and driven young individual, but not because...
Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports that a growing number of Americans are choosing to homeschool.
Homeschooler uprising in America?
WASHINGTON – According to researchers, disgust, dissatisfaction and disillusionment with the U.S. public school system is on the rise, so much so that the number of homeschoolers is on...
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Times Higher Education contributor Elizabeth Gibney reports on one graduate student’s approach to degree completion that may have international repercussions.
One student’s “doomed” attempt to bribe his instructor must not be allowed to tarnish the reputations of other foreign students or the British higher education system, according...
Recently, the Texas House passed a bill that would have allowed students and faculty to carry concealed handguns on college campuses.
Now, this measure will likely fail in the state Senate due to one Democratic senator who refused to allow the legislation to come up for a vote in the committee he...
