Leftwing Discourse Proliferates on the Right

By Carol Iannone April 8, 2016

Charles Krauthammer talks on Fox of “fear of the other” as a factor in Trump’s success with voters. Guy Benson, co-author with Mary Katherine Ham of the anti-pc book End of ...

Preferences for Asians

By Carol Iannone April 4, 2016

Yet another intriguing aspect of Ben Foster’s article, “Affirmative Action Hiring at the University of Louisville: A Case Study,” at the NAS website is that Asians can be recipients of ...

Forty-one Out of Forty-four Women Are Not Enough

By Carol Iannone March 26, 2016

At the National Association of Scholars site, Professor Ben Foster of the University of Louisville gives an insider look at how affirmative action in hiring is being implemented at his ...

Thou Shalt Kill Thyself?

By Carol Iannone March 19, 2016

A video of a debate at Harvard University is circulating showing a black student calling on white students to commit suicide because of their “white privilege.” Only a small part of ...

Comfortable Conservatives?

By Carol Iannone March 18, 2016

In the same article in which Jon A. Shields and Joshua M. Dunn Sr. try to debunk the idea that the American campus is unfriendly to conservatives, they admit that ...

Absolute Relativism Absolutely Impossible

By Carol Iannone March 1, 2016

In an interview with William Kristol, Lawrence Summers records a telling moment. He was present at a university commencement at which he was to receive an honorary degree. The president of ...

See the Movie and, Yes, Read the Book

By Carol Iannone February 10, 2016

Fans of Seinfeld will recall the memorable episode in which the indolent George sets out for some self-improvement by joining a book club. Unfortunately, and predictably, he fails to read ...

King Arthur Shrinks in Great Courses Treatment

By Carol Iannone February 5, 2016

A revived interest in the Arthurian tales led me to download and watch the multi-part “King Arthur: History and Legend,” given by Dorsey Armstrong of Purdue University in the Great ...

Why Not De-Politicize All Disciplines?

By Carol Iannone February 3, 2016

At the annual meeting of the American Historical Association held in January, members considered a resolution against Israel proposed by a group within the Association, Historians against War. The resolution condemned ...

Culture

Voltaire Needed in Minnesota

By Carol Iannone November 7, 2015

The University of Minnesota’s “Anti-War Committee” needs to read Voltaire.