Liberty
Biden Wants High Gas Prices
Stephen Moore argues at Real Clear Politics that the Biden administration secretly welcomes higher gas prices. When he announced last week that he would release more oil from the American…
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Education
Martin Center Column Highlights University Alumni Concerns
Jay Schalin of the Martin Center writes that some university alumni have decided to be “sheep no more.” [D]espite such slow progress on so many higher education fronts, I have…
Education
Cornell profs object to proposed Chinese link
Yuichiro Kakutani of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a welcome development on an Ivy League campus. A joint degree program bankrolled by the Chinese government is causing an uproar among…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Clawback contracts are costly
Governments like to use clawbacks, in which they provide a benefit but demand it back if some objective is not reached. North Carolina uses clawbacks for some tax incentives, but…
Education
Education Department report raises concerns about foreign funding on campuses
Jerry Dunleavy reports for the Washington Examiner on a disturbing report from the U.S. Department of Education. An Education Department investigation revealed universities failed to report more than a billion…
Liberty
Marriage decline and the role of ‘missing husbands’
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon looks into the factors contributing to a decline in marriage rates. A startling number of young women are unable to find a…
Liberty
Physician Heal Thyself
Dr. Allen Frances is a distinguished academic psychiatrist. According to Wikipedia, when he was a young professor at Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Frances “headed the outpatient department, saw patients, taught,…
Education
Ivy League anti-Trump courses
Paul Bedard reports for the Washington Examiner on academia’s role in the battle against Donald Trump. America’s top colleges and universities have bulked up politically correct courses that “malign conservatives,”…
Liberty
Surrendering privacy to Google
Robert Epstein writes for the Daily Caller that major news organizations, universities, and businesses all surrender privacy willingly in dealing with Google. Relatively few news organizations I’ve dealt with in…
Education
Barron’s links Supreme Court ruling to better schools
Matthew Klein of Barron’s explains why a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling could help lead to better public schools. The U.S. Supreme Court may have opened the door to long-needed…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Wait for it
Some truths span cultures, even if we forget them from time to time. When somebody rediscovers one of these truths, it starts to show up everywhere. Consider the importance of…
Education
Historical precedent for dealing with campus radicals
Mona Charen offers a useful history lesson in a column published at Jewish World Review. At San Francisco State, it began with a fire in a dormitory. Hundreds of students…