Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles. Part I can be found here, Part II is here, and Part III is here. The “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” … Continue reading “UNC Governing Boards Fiddle while Reason Burns”
A few years ago, my friend Sheila recounted an incident of alleged racism she experienced at a café in California. While waiting in line to order a coffee, a barista … Continue reading “Motte-and-Bailey: The Academic Threat from ‘Lived Experience’”
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles. Part I can be found here and Part II is here. As was shown in the first article in this … Continue reading “UNC System Adopting Political Litmus Tests for Employment and Attendance”
“I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” While Voltaire apparently did not say exactly that (the phrase seems … Continue reading “Campus Cancel Culture–Pernicious and Widespread”
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles. Part I can be found here. The phrase “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” is a loaded one; it does not signify … Continue reading “Advancing the Radical Agenda at UNC-Chapel Hill with Sneaky Language”
The nation’s cultural elites have been gripped by an intense wave of moral panic since the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. That panic has found expression in … Continue reading “Silenced by the Sheep: Academia’s New Censorship”
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles. Part II is here. The political left has proven itself to be amazingly incompetent when it comes to governing. Examples … Continue reading “The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Movement: Tyranny Through Subverting Language”
Over the past decade, American moral culture has changed. The evidence of those changes has been especially apparent on college campuses, where new concepts such as microaggressions, safe spaces, trigger … Continue reading “1776 Unites: An Alternative to Campus Victimhood Culture”
Free speech in higher ed is threatened, and leaders in our academic institutions won’t save it. “Unless reforms come from outside the academy,” writes Eric Kaufmann in The Wall Street Journal, “universities … Continue reading “Did You Know? Survey Paints Grim Picture of Academia, But Signs of Hope”
Over the last 30 years, federal courts have consistently ruled that restrictive speech codes and minuscule free speech zones on college campuses violate the First Amendment. So, why do college … Continue reading “This Case Gives the Supreme Court a Chance to Protect Campus Free Speech”