May 14, 2014

The White House War on Men

Peter Wood

Rule of thumb: If a woman alleges sexual harassment, she is telling the truth. 

Continue Reading

May 12, 2014

California Association of Scholars Conference in June

National Association of Scholars

The California Association of Scholars will co-host a conference, "Failing Grades: The Crisis in Teaching on our University Campuses."

Continue Reading

May 12, 2014

Study Finds Poetry Slighted in Common Core English Standards

Sandra Stotsky

Significant overall reduction in time spent on classic literary texts will make it difficult to give poetry the prominence it deserves.

Continue Reading

May 9, 2014

Course Correction: It’s Time for UT-Austin’s President to Step Down

Publius Audax

A faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin calls on the president of the university to step down. 

Continue Reading

May 9, 2014

New Book: End of Academic Freedom

National Association of Scholars

Three scholars have written a new book that identifies the forces that are subverting higher education's mission.

Continue Reading

May 8, 2014

Sustainability’s Latest Pulpit

Rachelle Peterson

The advocacy organization Second Nature launches a new signatory initiative, the Alliance for Resilient Campuses. 

Continue Reading

May 8, 2014

Forget Google, Memorize Poems

Peter Wood

Peter Wood writes on the joys and on the transformational power of poetry memorization.

Continue Reading

May 5, 2014

Sonia, What Happened?

George W. Dent

Sonia Sotomayor's impassioned dissent in Schuette v. BAMN seems to contradict views she expressed in her memoir, My Beloved Land.

Continue Reading

May 2, 2014

Food Justice Programs Popping Up Like Mushrooms

Marilee Turscak

Over the past two decades, food-related courses and food justice programs have become a hot trend in academia.

Continue Reading

Most Commented

March 3, 2026

1.

The Ayatollah’s Friends are on Your Campus

The U.S. strike on Iran and the foreign funding shaping how universities respond to it....

March 11, 2026

2.

Bad Faith Noncompliance: Virginia Schools Flout Supreme Court and Trump with DEI ‘Rebrand’

Trump’s EOs and the Supreme Court make DEI illegal—but colleges keep rebranding it to dodge the law....

January 27, 2026

3.

Losing the West

As Western civilization courses vanish from higher education, so too are history professors, to the detriment of our civilization....

Most Read

May 15, 2015

1.

Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

February 21, 2014

2.

Taking Care

Is art worth dying for? The Monuments Men considers the value of good art and its purpose in preserving a cultural heritage....

October 17, 2018

3.

Hamilton: An American Musical - Its National Influence as Art

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