September 23, 2019

400 Years of Slavery

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter

Professors Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the New York Times' 1619 Project, the problem with centering the American experiment on race, and current racial disparities. 

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September 20, 2019

“Affirmative Consent” Confirms Disproportionate Feminist Influence in Legal Profession

Teresa R. Manning

The ABA House of Delegates’ attempt this past summer to redefine consent in sexual misconduct cases to “affirmative consent” is more evidence that a destructive feminism has dispropo......

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September 19, 2019

The History of American Enterprise

H. W. Brands

The ingenuity of the American mindset is what has made America wealthy.

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September 19, 2019

Bad Science Makes for Bad Government

David Randall

The government needs to form rules to ensure that the exercise of scientific expertise can itself be independently reproduced and verified.

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September 19, 2019

A Letter to the SCS and AIA

Peter Wood

The NAS writes to voice concern about a new Joint Harassment Policy adopted by the Society for Classics Studies and Archaeological Institute of America.

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September 18, 2019

America is Hopelessly Racist

Peter Wood

What does it mean to re-write America's foundational myth?

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September 17, 2019

A Champion of Free Inquiry and Intellectual Diversity Runs for the Yale Corporation

National Association of Scholars

Law professor Nicholas Rosenkranz is mounting a petition campaign for the Yale Corporation.

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September 17, 2019

Meet Our New Research Associate

Peter Wood

Neetu Arnold is joining the NAS staff as our research associate for a new project on student debt and administrative growth. 

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September 16, 2019

Slavery Did Not Make America Rich

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

We should stop using the history of slavery for present-day politics against capitalism.

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September 7, 2019

Graduate Students: Don’t Wait for Tenure to Enjoy Your Life

Mark Regnerus

Don’t delay your life. Don’t wait until you get a job, then tenure, to do the normal things that make life sweet, like marrying and having children. Professors who build their career......

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William Young finds much to praise in the hit musical....