As Andrew Branca corrects fallacies associated with Florida’s “Stand Your Ground Law” on NPR, alleged supporters of Treyvon Martin have stormed a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles and other reports of unrest are coming from other cities around the nation.
Meanwhile, Robert Stacey McCain is doing some investigative reporting on his own, which...
College Insurrection recently reported that students and faculty threw a fit over the school’s decision to honor President George W. Bush. The situation has gone from bad to worse.
Breitbart News reports.
University of Denver Donors Threaten to Withhold Funds if Bush Award Isn’t Rescinded
The storm encircling the University of Denver over its...
Faculty member at San Jose State was found by the university to have inappropriately touched his female student.
After learning that a faculty member at San Jose State was found by the university to have inappropriately touched a student, 600 students have signed a petition to protest that he’s still teaching.
This is despite the fact that no charge was filed against the instructor after police concluded their investigation.
Lauren Ingeno...
The contemptible activities of the BDS movement have been well documented here and at Legal Insurrection.
The idea that a major university would accept a documented BDS activist on a governing board is nothing short of astonishing.
Lisa Leff and Mihir Zaver of The Times of Israel report.
BDS activist confirmed as University of...
On the heels of their recent victory at the University of Central Arkansas, The FIRE is now calling on the federal government to mind their own business when it comes...
A group of Virginia auditors could save a lot of time and some money if they just contacted Professor Glenn Reynolds on the force that is driving up college costs.
But, the team intends to go forward with their quest for more culprits.
At various times in the past few years,...
I think it’s safe to say that liberals are fully committed to making sure absolutely no one in America is happy or has any fun at all.
Philip Marcelo of The Providence Journal reports.
Women’s groups call on Chafee to veto ‘father-daughter’ dance bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – More than a dozen women’s groups are...
It’s way too early in the year for “Festivus”, but College Republicans had an “airing of the grievances” anyway:
The College Republicans National Committee, an independent, section 527 political organization, has criticized the GOP for its lack of leadership, inability to communicate its party identity and its difficulty attract...
The Zimmerman verdict brought some of America’s most vile leftist rhetoric to the surface of society and Professor Anthea Butler of the University of Pennsylvania is no exception.
Religion Dispatches Magazine published an op-ed by the professor you have to read to believe.
H/t to The Daily Caller.
The Zimmerman Acquittal: America’s Racist God
The...
As College Insurrection recently reported, CUNY was planning to pay David Petraeus an absurd amount of money for minimal teaching time. After public scrutiny, the school changed its mind.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
CUNY reduces Petraeus salary from $150,000 to $1
In an effort to quash a growing scandal over how...
Meme or be meme’d.
Colorado Christian University student Haley Littleton notes a Winston Churchill quote, “a joke is a very serious thing.”
In an essay for The College Fix, Littleton goes on to describe the power of humor to win the votes of Young Americans:
When Republican activist Caleb Bonham wanted to spread the news about an...
Why not give Snowden the peace prize? President drone strike got one for doing absolutely nothing.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Red Alert Politics reports.
Swedish professor wants Edward Snowden to win Nobel Peace Prize
Edward Snowden is still on the hunt for a country — perhaps Russia — to take him in, but when one...
A few quick points on this story:
After more than an hour of exhaustive internet research, I have been unable to determine the party affiliation of the student who was convicted despite the fact that the story is linked by numerous news sources.
Young Americans feeling sad and unfulfilled after struggling to find a job worthy of their talents and education may take comfort in this list from Buzz Feed of 19 well known individuals whose careers got off to a rough start.
1. Jon Hamm: – At 27, Hamm couldn’t find any work and...
When New York’s Monroe Community College officials wondered why more students weren’t taking advantage of early registration, they took a look to find the source of the problem.
Simply put: Too much information.
The college had conducted research that showed students who registered earlier were more likely to succeed: they get financial aid...
We have been following covering cases that prove points made by Dr. Helen Smith’s in her new book, Men on Strike: Why Men are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream — and Why It Matters
Last fall, Notre Dame University student Michael Bradley delivered a freshman orientation speech. In it, he...
National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru is a brilliant writer and speaker who grasps the foundations of Conservatism better than most. It’s encouraging to know he is speaking to America’s young people.
Brian Miller of The College Conservative reports.
How Conservatism Forges Ahead
Ramesh Ponnuru, who is an editor at National Review, a columnist at Bloomberg,...
In a turn of events that insults the intelligence of minority students and their families, Alabama will now use race as a determining factor in the evaluation of students.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Education: Alabama officially expects less of blacks, Hispanics than whites
A recently implemented plan that allows Alabama to...
This debate took place online and you can read all of the participants’ points below. The winner is pretty clear.
The College Fix reports.
College Republican Trounces College Democrat in Texas Abortion Debate
A college Republican writer recently trounced a college Democrat one in dueling online debates regarding the Texas abortion legislation that has riled up the...
Dartmouth’s motto is Vox clamantis in deserto which means The voice of one crying in the wilderness.
One has to wonder if The Dartmouth Radical had that in mind when they organized their protest.
Nicholas P. Desatnick of Dartlog reports.
A Radical Failure
Late Sunday risers awoke this afternoon to find an email from The...
Conservative icon Thomas Sowell offers his summer reading list for National Review:
Instead of fighting the Japanese for every island stronghold as the Americans advanced toward Japan, MacArthur sent his troops into battle for only those islands that were strategically crucial. In the same spirit, parents who want to bring their brainwashed...
A federal appeals court has backed Boston College in its case for retaining most of the interview records on Northern Ireland that the British government (backed by U.S. authorities) wanted turned over to help with long term investigations.
The court reduced from 85 to 11 the number of oral history interviews Boston...
