Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status and Religion-Based Bequests April 25, 2025A.J. Melnick
In light of all the attention over Harvard’s antisemitism scandal and the current threat to its tax-exempt status, perhaps Harvard will be forced to account for how it’s been dealing with religion-based bequests.
Jesus and Academia April 16, 2025Ben Voth
It is the life, teaching and resurrection of Jesus that brings us to the persistent yet peculiar moment of Jesus versus the intellectuals in 2025.
Boiler Up? No, kids—LAWYER UP February 13, 2025Charlton Allen
There is no journalistic privilege that allows you to erase already-public information when the federal government is interested.
Academia’s Real Blind Spot December 2, 2024Christopher Chantrill
We are no longer ruled by feudal monarchs, but by the educated class that rose to power after the invention of the printing press by goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg.
Campus Protests Stifle Free Speech September 13, 2024J. Kennerly Davis, Jr.
The surge of open and violent antisemitism since October 7 has had a devastating effect on the sense of community, respectful civility, and commitment to free speech that ought to characterize academic life.
If I were a carpenter... June 11, 2024Silvio Canto, Jr.
It turns out that more young people want to be a carpenter or electrician than another expert in gender studies or whatever.
Time to act April 29, 2024Richard Berkowitz
Congress is set to begin considering legislation to define antisemitism, and I argue that it’s about time.
Karl Marx Conquers American Medicine April 16, 2024John Dale Dunn, M.D.
Our medical schools have embraced Marxist DEI and intersectionality theories, which will be a rolling disaster for American medical care.
The DEI Buzzsaw April 12, 2024Bruce Olav Solheim
Driven by emotion, sometimes idealistic and well-meaning programs can morph into nightmarish draconian doctrine and dogma with its requisite enforcement and punitive mechanisms.
Latin American Studies at The Ohio State University May 31, 2022Peter Zenger
There is a distinction in academia between a university and a seminary. At a seminary one usually explores or confirms a faith, dogma, or theological belief of some sort. Universities are supposed to be much different.
Academic Teachers and Political Activists October 17, 2020John Ellis
Long ago, the radical left despaired of succeeding at the ballot box, and so decided to cheat; they’d infiltrate the campuses and shut down the intellectual development of immature students in order to recruit them to their cause.
USC on DACA: More money than brains September 7, 2017Monica Showalter
The University of Southern California is promising to pay the DACA renewal fees for 20 of its students to protest President Trump's DACA decision. File under "idiocy."
The Ivory Tower's Blue-Collar Misfits January 20, 2014Stephen Charles
My colleagues talk of going to see films (with subtitles no less!); I go to movies. I respect their choices; yet, I detect my academic brethren do not respect mine.
How Craven Art Thou, Professor January 3, 2014Eileen F. Toplansky
Even though the American Association of University Professors is against an Israeli boycott, the AAUP's Journal of Academic Freedom, has come oput in support of a boycott
