Liberty
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…
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Education
Martin Center’s Leef warns of endangered free speech, liberal education
George Leef’s latest Martin Center column highlights threats to two pillars of our society. Fifteen years ago, American higher education was beset with serious problems, especially rising costs, politicization of…
Education
Martin Center column touts conservation of free speech on campus
Jonathan Butcher writes for the Martin Center about protecting free speech on college campuses. Who cares that 20 students at the University of Wisconsin staged a protest in October 2017?…
Liberty
Questioning the consequences of taxpayer-supported maternity leave
Georgi Boorman writes for the Federalist about new research that questions the benefits of taxpayer-funded maternity leave. The results of a study released this week on the long-term effects of…
Education
The attorney general’s free-speech lesson
Joy Pullmann writes at the Federalist about U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recent lesson for the media about free speech. Tuesday Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration will…
Education
Leef pans ‘Middlebury mob’
George Leef’s latest column for the Martin Center highlights the recent lunacy at Middlebury College. Middlebury College in Vermont is a liberal arts school. The prolific author and American Enterprise…
Education
Campus kooks get violent
Cheyenne Roundtree reports for the Daily Mail about a disturbing incident surrounding a recent college appearance by Charles Murray. A college professor was injured by a ‘seriously scary’ and violent…
Energy
Another shocker: Electric cars worse for the environment in many cases
Jason Russell reports for the Washington Examiner on new research that questions the environmental benefits of electric cars. Electric cars are worse for the environment per mile than comparable gasoline-powered…
Education
College-based poet and novelist decries growing influence of campus thought police
Middlebury College-based poet and novelist Jay Parini shares his concerns in a CNN opinion piece about disturbing trends on American college campuses. [T]he freedom to practice religion on campuses around…
Liberty
Getting More Bang For The College Buck
It’s called the “gap year” and it’s growing in popularity. Instead of starting college right after high school, a student takes a year to work or volunteer or participate in…
Liberty
Higher education, or just a waste of time and money?
UNC-Wilmington’s Mike Adams writes here about a sociology course at Middlebury College. If you doubt that some college courses exist not to teach some body of knowledge but merely because…
Liberty
Seriously, this is how liberals think
The staff and editors of The Chronicle of Higher Education are seeking divine intervention to stem the Republican tide. Laurie Essig, assistant professor of sociology and women’s and gender studies…