Every year, it seems, there’s a crop of articles published sometime in May and June bemoaning the lack of jobs available for recent college graduates. They blame the pandemic, the economy, or politics, and assure us that these poor students…
These days it is probably harder for college students to earn an F in a course than it is for them to earn an A. With escalating tuition costs, the modern university now ensures students and parents that their significant…
The time has come to save a full year of unnecessary undergraduate education by eliminating what Michael Poliakoff, President of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, has called “fluff” courses that pad out the standard four-year bachelor’s degree. These…
“Politicians,” says Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Cal), “have bowed to the courts and stood before the people — not to silence opposition but to answer it.” He should have put it the other way around. Incumbents ought to be bowing to…
As public opinion turns against diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and as the Trump administration wields its sword against such initiatives, many universities are publicly stating that they will back down from DEI in certain respects. Yet the nation’s top…
The nation’s academic, political, and media elites often give the impression that nearly everything important in America comes out of savvy thinking and actions from enlightened communities on the East and West Coasts, with little of consequence originating in the…
The conservative movement this week lost an elder statesman, its dean. He was Lee Edwards, 92 years old. Edwards was so very important and dear to both the conservative movement and to me personally. In fact, I’ve dreaded writing this…
Over the past year, Americans have increasingly turned against DEI. The tipping point came when DEI proved to enable antisemitism on university campuses. This unleashed a wave of pent-up frustration over DEI’s enforcement of progressive conformity, prioritization of race over…
“Kids these days.” We often hear older generations complaining about the younger generation because of how they’ve gotten softer and had much easier lives than previous cohorts. Young people respond with “OK Boomer,” blowing it off as something the old,…
