So, how did the Dear Colleague Letter turn universities into star chambers? It lowered the burden of proof for a guilty finding in sex cases, and stripped the accused of due process.
Agriculture brought with it enormous benefits, including a larger trading network, a greater division of labor, and even some genetic changes that we’re better off with than without.
Great cultures of the past were built around grand unifying ideas.
The universities’ mission is to seek the truth. That is not possible without academic freedom.
Fear of individual and cultural extinction is both a cause and a product of the nostalgia so widespread in both Europe and America today.
Science Male Mammoths Died in ‘Silly Ways’ More Often Than Females, Study Finds Nicholas St. Fleur, The New York Times Can Brain Scans Curb the Rising Rate of Suicide? Susan Pinker, Wall Street Journal Art Why We’re Not Getting Another Andy Warhol Any Time Soon James Tarmy, Bloomberg News
There are nonbelievers, though, who turn to the Bible for advice and inspiration and are “cultural Christians” in a deeper sense.
An assumption of personal responsibility is the sine qua non of independence and autonomy in a free society.
Hillary Clinton was evidently a centrist all along, prizing vague pragmatism, hawkish foreign policy and entrenched norms instead of a unique political vision.
As a result, Bitcoin is starting to look like a credible investment in any respectable financial portfolio.
Drugs are able to save lives and ruin them; enhance your mind and numb it; heal your body and destroy it.
“Character is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.” And what better marker of character is there than a smile?
At the height of the Cold War, Western Marxists foresaw that the opportunity for an armed socialist revolution was bleak.
By the end of the twentieth century, liberal democracy seemed not only triumphant but, to some, inevitable.
Education The Surprising Revolt at the Most Liberal College in the Country Chris Bodenner, The Atlantic ‘As difficult as it is, it’s important we discuss the part played by genes in cognitive ability’ Dr Kathryn Asbury, Tes Too Many Colleges Flunk Trump 101 Frank Bruni, The New York Times