June 27, 2014

Why Brooklyn College Business Dean “Cut Bait” on Koch Proposal

Ashley Thorne

The Brooklyn College business school dean refused to approve a grant proposal drafted by Mitchell Langbert.

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June 27, 2014

NAS Endorses Secret Science Reform Act

Glenn Ricketts

A bill mandating greater transparency and accountability clears a House committee..

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June 26, 2014

Senate Committee Hearings Examine Sexual Assault on Campus, No Room for Due Process

Glenn Ricketts

Two Senate committees examine sexual assault on campus, but don't explore a significant aspect of the issue.

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June 26, 2014

Why Conservative Colleges Should Go Online

Richard J. Bishirjian

In America there are few colleges offering what may be called a “conservative” education. Richard Bishirjian urges them to expand, create urban satellites, and embrace new technology.

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June 20, 2014

Prager U: The Promise of Free Enterprise

Jason Fertig

Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute asserts that happiness through earned success can be achieved only in a system of free enterprise.

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June 20, 2014

Eh? The Rise of the Environmental Humanities Movement

Peter Wood

Environmental Humanities, a new academic sub-division of the sustainability movement, encourages scholars in all disciplines to fight climate change.

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June 19, 2014

How Beauteous Mankind Isn't: Reflections on Today's Brave New World

Ashley Thorne

Ashley Thorne sees in today’s world elements from Huxley’s dystopia: birth control as environmentalism, world citizenship, slogans, indifference to “old things,” and abiding ad......

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June 18, 2014

Charitable Gift for Scholarships Leads to Uproar

George Leef

George Leef comments on the recent donation of $25 million by the Koch brothers to the United Negro College Fund.

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