academia

MILLER: You’ve got to be carefully taught

July 7, 2021 Nan Miller

According to an old E.F. Hutton ad, the best way to dazzle a party of sophisticates is to lead with expert information on investments. There is no such ad, however, urging poetry recitations as a […]

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GINGRICH: Critical Race Theory is on the march — and a winning issue for conservatives

June 30, 2021 Newt Gingrich

Critical race theory (CRT) is now center stage in the culture war between left and right, emerging in recent months as one of the nation’s most contentious issues. On the surface, it may seem progressives […]

BARONE: The United States of Racial Quotas and Preferences

February 2, 2021 Michael Barone, Washington Examiner

On Tuesday, six days into Joe Biden’s administration, it became clear why Susan Rice, hitherto a foreign policy specialist, was named director of the Domestic Policy Council. Rice — unconfirmable for a Cabinet post after […]

WILLIAMS: The fight for free speech

October 7, 2020 Walter Williams

The violence, looting and mayhem that this nation has seen over the last several months has much of its roots in academia, where leftist faculty teach immature young people all manner of nonsense that contradicts […]

KNOTT: Method in the madness

September 23, 2020 Joe Knott III

I remember the halcyon undergraduate days in Chapel Hill, when we were all reading Marxist theory and singing along with the Beach Boys (talk about conflicting views of the world!). That was when I first […]

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MILLER: The hazards of Duke

September 23, 2020 Nan Miller

The following is the second of four installments that mark the low points in the Big Four universities tacking left In last week’s column, I identified Michael Skube as the whistleblower who exposed the decline […]

WILLIAMS: Back to academic brainwashing

August 19, 2020 Walter E. Williams

Parents, legislators, taxpayers and others footing the bill for college education might be interested in just what is in store for the upcoming academic year. Since many college classes will be online, there is a […]

WILLIAMS: Manipulation through racial hoaxes

April 7, 2020 Walter Williams

We black people are so convenient and useful to America’s leftists. Whenever there’s a bit of silencing to be done, just accuse a detractor or critic of racism. A recent, particularly stupid, example is CNN’s […]

WILLIAMS: Colleges Dupe Parents and Taxpayers

January 8, 2020 Walter Williams

Colleges have been around for centuries. College students have also been around for centuries. Yet, college administrators assume that today’s students have needs that were unknown to their predecessors. Those needs include diversity and equity […]

WILLIAMS: Intolerance in academia

October 16, 2019 Walter Williams

If you need an accurate update on some of the madness at the nation’s institutions of higher learning, check out Minding the Campus, a nonprofit independent organization. John Leo, its editor in chief, says that […]