In a new video from Prager University, Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute looks at America’s debt and offers a few suggestions on how to deal with it.
Here’s more information.
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Everyone complains about America’s debt, and rightly so, but how do we get out of it? As Cato’s Michael Tanner explains,...
As part of the National Day of Protest Against Rape Culture, about one hundred Cornell students gathered to give speeches, read poems, and dragged around a mattress in order to bring about the end of “rape culture.”
From the Review Blog:
“End Rape Culture” Protest at Cornell Targets President Skorton
Students gathered on Ho...
How sadly unsurprising.
If Ann Coulter or some other conservative wants to speak on campus all hell breaks loose.
Convicted cop killer? No problem.
Dave Boyer of the Washington Times reported.
Cop-killing ex-Black Panther to give college commencement address
A convicted cop killer and former Black Panther whose case helped to derail one of President Obama’s...
This is no joke, repeat, no joke.
So it goes: In recent years climate change has been “partly” responsible for drought conditions across the Middle East, including in Syria, provoking anger at Assad’s leadership thereby giving birth to ISIS.
While I agree climate conditions can affect economics ones, and economic conditions can affect...
George Leef explains why in a recent post at See Thru Edu.
How ‘Gentle’ Repayment Terms for Student Loans Hurt Everybody
It’s just inevitable – any time the government decides to be generous with taxpayer money, interest groups will start scheming for ways to maximize their take, and politicians will start scheming to...
Alex McHugh at the College Fix explains why all this talk of “civility” and students’ “comfort” is dragging education into a censorious ditch:
College Students Must Grow Thicker Skin: An Argument Against Civility
In the latest campus free-speech showdown, Yale’s Muslim Student Association, along with other campus groups, pressured the William F. Buckley...
Based on current campus sex laws, I hope the event features a session about getting sworn witnesses and signed affidavits beforehand.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Public University’s Sex Week Includes ‘Negotiating Successful Threesomes’ Event
The University of New Mexico has launched its first-ever “Sex Week” observance this week with a controversial agenda...
I found some “stuff” on her time at the University of Southern California, but I’ll write about that some time soon.
Elizabeth Garrett, USC provost, named Cornell’s 13th president
The Cornell University Board of Trustees today approved the appointment of Elizabeth Garrett, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University...
You knew this question would be asked eventually, didn’t you?
Jake New writes at Inside Higher Ed.
Banning Frats?
This month was not kind to the already-embattled image of the American college fraternity.
Wesleyan University announced that its fraternities would have to go coeducational amid a push from students and faculty members who say that fraternities...
It’s not technically burning books, but hey, it’s the thought that counts, right?
Kasey Marie Shores at The College Fix has the story:
Student Newspapers Destroyed Over Christian Crisis Pregnancy Center Ad
Hundreds of copies of Drake University’s student paper The Times-Delphic were recently destroyed, allegedly because it consistently ran an advertisement for a Christian...
You wouldn’t think it would be so difficult to get such a group approved at Notre Dame. Isn’t this the position of the Catholic Church?
The FIRE blog reports.
After Denial, Group Opposing Same-Sex Marriage Approved at Notre Dame
NOTRE DAME, Ind., September 30, 2014—Months after being rejected on the grounds that it was...
No, we’re not living in a ‘post-materialistic’ society, and no, we’re no just going to ignore the economy in favor of dealing with every new ‘social issue’ that’s hip these days.
Matthew Dragonette at The College Conservative writes:
Why Economics Still Matter
Beginning in the 1970s, University of Michigan professor Ronald Inglehart proposed a theory...
Absolutely true and refreshing words from someone in academia.
Ginni Thomas of the Daily Caller has the story.
Princeton Professor: Cultural Elite Can No Longer Tolerate Christians
Last May, one of the most influential conservative and religious intellectual leader in America gave a somber speech in Washington, declaring it to be “Good Friday in...
It seems like everyone thinks Zakaria is a plagiarist, except for Jeff Zucker and Fareed himself.
Tony Lee writes for Breitbart:
JOURNALISM PROFESSOR: ‘COMPLETE CONFIDENCE’ FAREED ZAKARIA IS A PLAGIARIST
After CNN chief Jeff Zucker said he had “complete confidence” in CNN’s Fareed Zakaria even after at least 24 instances of plagiarism on his...
In a new post at See Thru Edu, Robert Paquette notes that higher education has a history problem.
“Don’t Know Much About History” at Elite U.S. Colleges
Little more than a year after the ending of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, James Madison wrote Thomas Jefferson a penetrating letter on the political future...
Doubtlessly, Loyola’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine will say that their freedom of speech and assembly has been denied. Problem is, they were trying to prevent Hillel members from promoting Birthright Israel, a direct violation of Hillel students’ freedom of speech and assembly.
From The CollegeFix:
SJP CHAPTER SUSPENDED AFTER HARASSING...
When is a civil rights march a violation of your civil rights? You can learn the answer to that question at Hood College.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Hood College Civil Rights March — Where Attendance is Compulsory
Faculty and students from Hood College,...
Thanks, Jerry Brown.
Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:
‘Yes Means Yes’ Sexual-Consent Bill Finally Signed Into California Law
Soothing allies who were afraid he would give in to pressure from civil liberties and men’s rights groups, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed into law a bill that makes his state...
Gee. I wonder if anyone in the Yale community will protest? You know, like they did with Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon has the story.
Yale to Host Radical Terror Sheikh Who Advocated Killing of U.S. Soldiers
A radical Tunisian sheik who has called for the murder of U.S....
Facebook is the most effective social media platform in getting young people to vote, according to a University of Sydney study entitled The Civil Network.
From Business Standard:
Facebook most effective in engaging young people in politics
An increase in social media use leads to more political participation by young people, with Facebook being...
If senator Richard Blumenthal has his way, students who become public employees will get a better deal on student loans than students who go into the private sector.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reported.
Dem Senator Wants To Punish Student Loan Borrowers Who Choose Private Sector
The U.S. economy has been strangely dismal...
FSU Liberals: “I’m sorry, but we don’t serve your kind here.”
We probably should have guessed this was going to happen.
Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Republican Sighted in Academe!
Academia is up in arms. The board of trustees at Florida State University (FSU) just named a Republican to be...
