Liberty
Government pulls student loan money from ‘worthless’ programs
Rikki Schlott writes for the New York Post about a policy shift involving college student loans. Students will no longer be able to take out federal loans to pay for…
University of Southern California
private university in Los Angeles, California, United States
Liberty
California faces potentially amusing governor’s race
Jeffrey Blehar of National Review Online explores an interesting development in Golden State politics. [W]hat if I told you there was the slimmest chance the Republicans could retake the California…
Liberty
Harvard plans dubious new ‘green’ major
Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest bad idea from the nation’s oldest university. Harvard University, under pressure from the Trump administration to reduce the power…
Liberty
Chemist boycotts major journal over diversity silliness
Aaron Sibarium writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one leading scientist’s response to a top journal’s unscientific practices. Nature Reviews Psychology, an imprint of the prestigious Nature publishing group,…
Liberty
Prominent Law School Accused of Anti-Semitism
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon documents a disturbing complaint about one of the nation’s leading universities. The University of California, Berkeley, Law School suffers from “profound and deep-seated…
Liberty
Princeton Celebrates Constitution Day by Trashing Constitution
Alexandra Orbuch writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one Ivy league school’s unusual approach toward American political history. Princeton University celebrated Constitution Day in mid-September with an event featuring…
Regulation
Feds target Big Tech’s ‘cash cow’
Santi Ruiz writes for the Washington Free Beacon about bad news for Big Tech. The Federal Trade Commission could soon begin investigating big tech companies whose algorithms result in racially…
Liberty
Biden’s stumbles slow new administration’s momentum
Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner documents President Biden’s early setbacks as his administration starts its work. President Biden’s closest advisers are discovering — or in some cases, rediscovering —…
Elections & Public Integrity
Reviewing the Electoral College map
Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner looks into the state of the American electorate after the 2020 presidential race. President Trump has changed the contours of the electoral map, but…
Education
Colleges raise prices while slashing in-person instruction
Chrissy Clark of the Washington Free Beacon documents a disturbing development at colleges and universities: Students will pay more for less. Colleges are hiking the price of tuition and living…
Education
Martin Center column probes key distraction in the college sports debate
P.A. Jensen writes for the Martin Center about the role of race in discussions of college sports problems. National discussions of college athletics routinely emphasize race. That emphasis, however, is…
Liberty
Conservative happiness, generosity, and purposefulness
Glenn Stanton writes for the Federalist about good news for conservatives. Who’s happier, finds more meaning in life, and is more generous to the poor — liberals or conservatives? Liberals,…