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Campus Illiberalism on the Rise
Tevi Troy explores for Discourse the path that leads to campus illiberalism. Free speech is under assault on America’s campuses, as cancel culture and the woke mob strive to stifle…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch-American political activist and author
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Defending free speech
Tevi Troy writes for National Affairs about the best way to ensure protection of free-speech rights. Any survey of contemporary life on America’s campuses reveals that our institutions of higher…
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“They blacklist you, rather than try to refute you.”
I enjoy reading the work of American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers. Her analysis of the plight of boys is a serious and thoughtful look at our culture. Now…
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Former Muslim refugee who sympathizes with Trump’s stance
Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains at the Huffington Post why she’s not one of the people reacting with outrage to President Trump’s recent executive order linked to refugees and travel. I…
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Hanson probes the elites’ love of anti-Americanism
Victor Davis Hanson ponders for National Review Online readers the fascination among elites for those who spout the most virulent anti-American sentiments. For a number of years into the Cold…
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Lowry’s latest column is likely to offend
National Review editor Rich Lowry‘s latest column at NRO examines one of the most disturbing features of political debate during the past year. To put it in Victorian terms, 2014…
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“an increasing amount of the demands for censorship are coming from students”
Count me among those concerned about the politically correct views and values being drilled into college students these days. Of particular concern is the lack of respect for free speech…
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Goldberg examines liberals’ love for free speech … when it suits them
They might disagree over the relative merits of cats and dogs, but John Hood and Jonah Goldberg share similar views about the support for free speech among those on the…
Education
TIME tackles the recent higher ed silliness
It’s not just right-of-center commentators taking note of recent silliness involving college commencement ceremonies. The latest issue of TIME tackles the topic as well. Zealous students at such institutions as…
Education
Henninger aims at higher ed loonies
Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal is not likely to be invited to many college faculty Christmas parties any time soon. Why? Read his latest “Wonder Land” column. It’s…
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Leef: “The problem is that universities cave in to such pressure at all.”
Writing at popecenter.org, George Leef gives his take on the assault on free speech taking place on college campuses. The most recent incident, of course, occurred at Brandeis, which rescinded…
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Man bites dog story: Newsweek profiles physical attacks on Christianity
Here’s a sample of a Newsweek cover story that strays from the normal template: In recent years the violent oppression of Christian minorities has become the norm in Muslim-majority nations…