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The Rittenhouse Trial: A Legal Scholar Responds

Our society cannot and will not survive a polity that permits armed children to walk the streets and kill with impunity.

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr.

23 Nov 2021 · 16 min read

Affirmative Action Conundrums

Kendi’s defensive salvo raises broader issues about affirmative action.

Oliver Traldi

12 Nov 2021 · 11 min read

Two months into my first semester as a doctoral student, Donald Trump was elected. A few years later the coronavirus hit. That summer George Floyd was murdered. Each of these events, along with many less seismic ones in between, elicited a similar response from the faculty, students, and administrators around

Samuel Freel

5 Nov 2021 · 6 min read

The Demoralization of the American Teacher

One of the biggest challenges for teachers in their quest to give good grades is that test grades tend to be very low.

Shane Trotter

3 Nov 2021 · 12 min read

Tales From the Gulag

The administration, well-aware of these defamatory messages, did not refute them or even address their impropriety with the perpetrators of the misinformation.

Lawrence M. Krauss

2 Nov 2021 · 11 min read

Cancel Culture Has a Lot to Answer For

Cancel culture prescribes affirmative action as the means to install diversity in all activities that it values.

Peter H. Schuck

21 Oct 2021 · 6 min read

My Late Father Was a Great Teacher. He Wouldn’t Last a Week in the Modern Classroom.

All teachers have a hope of how they will be perceived by the students sitting in their classrooms. Too many of us today want to be perceived as accommodating and nice, compassionate and endlessly empathetic.

Jeremy S. Adams

17 Oct 2021 · 7 min read

What Is Diversity? And Why Is It Valuable?

People differ from one another in many different ways.

Justin P. McBrayer

6 Oct 2021 · 11 min read

Can We Have Sex Back?

For a start, sex can be pretty delightful, and if you are a smart person (as many—though by no means all—academics are), you will likely find that sex with other smart people is much more satisfying than sex with the dumb.

Alice Dreger

20 Sep 2021 · 6 min read

Male Underachievement and the Gender Turf Wars

The educational advancement of women is strange when viewed alongside the floundering of men.

Ari David Blaff

12 Sep 2021 · 10 min read

Remedial Education for All

Over the past few decades, schools have embraced practices of inclusion (also known as mainstreaming) which prioritize keeping students with disabilities in regular classes as much as possible.

Shane Trotter

6 Sep 2021 · 11 min read

As US Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World’s STEM Leader

In a 2018 report published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), China ranked first in mathematical proficiency among 15-year-olds, while the United States was in 25th place.

Percy Deift, Svetlana Jitomirskaya, and Sergiu Klainerman

19 Aug 2021 · 13 min read

The Society of Cultural Anthropology’s Campaign to Present American Populism as Fascism

The January 6th riot does make for a visually dramatic backdrop to an exploration of the fascistic strain in modern populist politics.

Matthew Porter

5 Aug 2021 · 8 min read

Should Critical Race Theory Be Banned in Public Schools?—a Conversation with Christopher F. Rufo

They’re embarking on an experiment that I think will ultimately fail and will ultimately harm children, but it’s an experiment that they’re entitled to embark on.

Jonathan Kay and Christopher F. Rufo

20 Jul 2021 · 25 min read

Almost Four Decades After Its Birth, The Diversity Industry Thrives on Its Own Failures

The increasing power of college diversity bureaucrats over academic affairs since the 1990s has been stunning.

Heather Mac Donald

12 Jul 2021 · 10 min read