August 15, 2017

Penn Dean to Law Prof: We Favor Free Speech, but Not Yours

Peter Wood

Amy Wax comes under fire for defending the traditional bourgeois values of family, civic-mindedness, hard work, and respect for authority. 

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August 14, 2017

Dead: Fossil Fuel Divestment

Rachelle Peterson

Rachelle Peterson describes the steps that led to the closing of the Divestment Student Network (DSN).

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August 14, 2017

Amending the First Amendment

Paul Rahe

In the Fall 2017 Academic Questions (vol. 30 no. 3), Paul A. Rahe outlines the decline of the First Amendment and the dangers that decline poses.

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August 11, 2017

Percy Martinez Autism Scholarship

National Association of Scholars

Percy Martinez has started a new Autism Scholarship.

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August 11, 2017

Freedom House Has a Beam in its Eye

Carol Iannone

Freedom House thinks America is getting less free--for all the wrong reasons.

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August 11, 2017

Mizzou Madness: A Case Study of Non-Diversity, Non-Freedom, and Non-Academics in Higher Education

J. Martin Rochester

The entirety of a five-part essay, Mizzou Madness: A Case Study of Non-Diversity, Non-Freedom, and Non-Academics in Higher Education, by political scientist J. Martin Rochester.

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August 11, 2017

Yes, Campus Indoctrination Is Real

Peter Wood

Peter Wood argues that the lack of ideological diversity on campuses is due to more than just the left's domination of the professoriate, but to the campus culture itself.

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August 10, 2017

Extinct Experiments

Peter Wood

NAS celebrates a victory as the Divestment Student Network closes. 

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August 10, 2017

Will the Other Claremont Colleges Defend Free Speech?

Rachelle Peterson

Other Claremont schools are still investigating the student protests at Claremont McKenna college that obstructed speaker Heather Mac Donald.

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August 10, 2017

House of Representatives Holds Hearing on Threats to Free Speech on College Campuses

Benjamin Giles

A recent congressional hearing on the campus speech environment revealed the responsibilities of students, faculty, and administrators for protecting free speech.

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