I taught my first university class shortly before John F. Kennedy was assassinated in the fall of 1963, giving me considerable historical perspectives on modern changes in American higher education. And while some changes have been beneficial (for example, we…
A powerful, swelling wave of anti-Semitism on American campuses has surprised many an observer. I was not one of them. The writing was on the wall once radical leftism seized control of America’s higher education in the wake of the…
“I have a theory, and the theory is mine,” says the pompous twit on the old Monty Python show, “which is to say that it is my theory.” And after he engages in one pointless tautology after another, he delivers…
It doesn’t matter if you’re a journalist, a health nut, or the average American trying to make a winning point in an argument; you’ve likely uttered the words: “There’s a study that says…” Even those of us who harbor doubts…
Last week I read the alarming headlines. West Point cadets will no longer be inculcated with and committed to the values of “Duty, Honor, Country,” the motto of the United States Military Academy since the end of the 19th Century….
Peter Schwiezer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and author of Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans, joined editor of The American Spectator, Paul Kengor, to discuss corruption and liberalism in American institutions of higher…
Every so often, a book hits the shelves and becomes the “must read business book of the month.” I’m a bit behind the times, so I only now am picking up a copy of Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as…
Studies have consistently shown a pronounced left-leaning political inclination among college professors. For example, a Harvard University survey last year revealed that of the 476 faculty members who responded, around 80 percent identified as “liberal” or “very liberal.” Meanwhile, 16.8…
If recent reports are to be believed, academic crimes are on the rise. In a world with shrinking enrollments and many underemployed professionals with PhDs, the temptations to cheat and lie to get published are intense. We are in an…
