In this post and the one before I’m looking at a couple of recent episodes in KC Johnson’s ongoing crusade against left-wing extremists in academia. Last time I wrote about his attempt to pursue two narrow agendas at once—one, the academic-culture crusade, he pursues with the usual of rhetoric and agenda-driven reasoning while the other one is pursued with wishful thinking, bec...... [Show More]
Today’s Thanksgiving celebration has deep roots in some very demanding moments of our national history.
Military historian James S. Robbins has told us about the “The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Thanksgiving of 1864″ –
“In October 1864, . . . president [Lincoln] again decreed that the last Thursday of November be set aside to offer up prayers ‘fo...... [Show More]
Unfortunately it has been under fire from the college, ; Binghamton University.
Binghamton University’s Department of Social Work ordered the suspension of a master’s student for one year with no guarantee of return, required him to apologize, and demanded that he publicly disavow his own views after he put up posters challenging the department for having hired the executive directo...... [Show More]
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reports:
Binghamton University (formerly SUNY–Bin ghamton 1; has abandoned its attempt to suspend or expel a student who put up posters challenging the Department of Social Work. The department had ordered that social work master’s student Andre Massena leave the program for one year with no guarantee of return, re...... [Show More]
Binghamton University’s Department of Social Work ordered the suspension of a master’s student for one year with no guarantee of return, required him to apologize, and demanded that he publicly disavow his own views after he put up posters challenging the department for having hired the executive director of the Binghamton Housing Authority—an agency the student thought was responsib...... [Show More]
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education so reports:
Binghamton University’s Department of Social Work ordered the suspension of a master’s student for one year with no guarantee of return, required him to apologize, and demanded that he publicly disavow his own views after he put up posters challenging the department for having hired the executive director of the Bingha...... [Show More]
The University of Delaware has been requiring students to undergo re-education in order to learn that all whites are racist and all problems are caused by white racism.
Yes, this was required learning in mandatory sessions held in the dorms .
The university’s views are forced on students through a comprehensive manipulation of the residence hall environment, from mandatory training sessions...... [Show More]
speech is alive Post Source: feeds.dartblog.com Posted: Nov 07 2008 15:55:42
by Zak Moore A victory of freedom of expression at Temple University:
The story from Inside Higher Ed here and a press release on the subject by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) here ....... [Show More]
Updating an item from this morning: four people admitted to painting “Shoot Obama” and “Kill that n—&# 8211;̶ 1; in the idealistic ally-named “Free Expression Tunnel” at NC State. Their names were not released, their status as students was not released, and incredibly, “ no crime was committed ,” according the the NCSU police. The Secret Service was...... [Show More]
From FIRE :
Staff members kept individual files on students and their beliefs - which were to be archived after graduation .Mandatory group sessions singled out and shamed non-minority students because of their “privilege” in American society. Other mandatory group sessions forced students to name and then act out the worst possible racial, sexual and other stereotypes they could think of, &#...... [Show More]
FIRE has just released a report on one of the most overt and chilling thought-reform program I have ever heard of at an American university. The University of Delaware’s office of Residence Life forced students to attend its ResLife program, which sought to turn them into little social justice shock troops. From the report:
Mandatory group sessions singled out and shamed non-minority s...... [Show More]
Things are changing.
Just recently, Richard Dawkins conceded that a serious case can be made for a deistic God. (= A God Who Used To Be There)
Plus, Tom Wolfe has distanced himself from “Sorry, but your soul just died.” Apparently, it didn’t die, despite everything you did to kill it.
Now, Harvard cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker - well known for a materia...... [Show More]
FIRE , who works to preserve freedom of speech on college campuses across the nation, mentioned us here. Seems they really like the name of this website !...... [Show More]
links to media Post Source: ahabloging.com Posted: Oct 24 2008 07:00:35
Links to media This page contains a list of selected articles on the Duke Lacrosse case. In the lower part of the page, several discussion boards and related websites are also listed.
To propose a new link, post it in the comments section below or send us an email. Be sure to include the exact web address. We will review all suggested links, and add as appropriate. This page is updated many tim...... [Show More]
Tristen Cramer of Cornell Coalition For Life and Elena’s Campaign sent the following press release regarding the dismantling of a previously University approved display because it was personally offensive to one (perhaps two) Cornell staff member. My mind immediately went to another University story I posted on the University of Maine at Farmingham student who designed a class pr...... [Show More]
Is there an election this year or something?
Obviously, politics is on everyone’s minds, but I don’t want to get into a debate about politics, but rather a debate about, er, politics. Specifically, political expression on campus by faculty.
Recently, the University of Illinois issued a memo directing its professors (as employees of the state) not to wear political but...... [Show More]
There’s a lot of furor today over this story (linked by Drudge) indicating that a Metro State University (Denver) professor assigned an anti-Palin essay to his class.
My reaction? What’s the big deal? Yes, this professor is probably a liberal. And yes, he probably assigned this essay because he dislikes Palin. But even so, I think the folks at FIRE (who ...... [Show More]
After New York University journalism student Alana Taylor wrote her first embed report for MediaShift on September 5, it didn’t take long for her scathing criticism of NYU to spread around the web and stir conversations. Taylor thought that her professor, Mary Quigley, was not up to speed on social media and podcasting — even though the class she was teaching was called “Repo...... [Show More]
After New York University journalism student Alana Taylor wrote her first embed report for MediaShift on September 5, it didn’t take long for her scathing criticism of NYU to spread around the web and stir conversations. Taylor thought that her professor, Mary Quigley, was not up to speed on social media and podcasting -- even though the class she was teaching was called "Reporting ...... [Show More]
Last year, a University of Delaware student was banned from campus and ordered to undergo psychological testing before he could return. This was the administra tion&rsquo ;s reaction to another student’s complaint about certain content on his website, which was described as "racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic."
Now, I have a guess that I would not have thought much of ...... [Show More]
In the middle of my last post I promised a list of some of the bullshit I’ve come across in Durham-in- Wonderland (DIW). It’s only, what? three weeks later? not quite a month? Anyway, here it is, a collection that lends credence to Harry G. Frankfurt’s comment that the “normal habit of attending to the way things are may become attenuated or lost” because...... [Show More]
Source of the images: screen captures from the CNN report cited below.
With self-righteous indignation, the left often accuses the right of "McCa rthyism.&q uot;
But many on the left are happy to limit free speech when what is spoken is not to their liking.
Jon Voight’s column in the Washington Times has ignited a firestorm, and caused at least one Hollywood insider to op...... [Show More]
"Political humor is no longer welcome in Academia as administrators choke the life out of parody."
Gee, now there’s a shock .
(Via Maggie’s Farm , where it’s safe to say that satire survives unscathed.)
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