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School of Journalism—or Ministry of Propaganda?

May 3, 2021 · Jay Schalin · Comments Off on School of Journalism—or Ministry of Propaganda?

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media recently announced a heralded addition to their faculty. Nikole Hannah-Jones has agreed to accept a Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism … Continue reading “School of Journalism—or Ministry of Propaganda?”


1776 Unites: An Alternative to Campus Victimhood Culture

Mar 12, 2021 · Jenna A. Robinson · Comments Off on 1776 Unites: An Alternative to Campus Victimhood Culture

Over the past decade, American moral culture has changed. The evidence of those changes has been especially apparent on college campuses, where new concepts such as microaggressions, safe spaces, trigger … Continue reading “1776 Unites: An Alternative to Campus Victimhood Culture”


Exposing Critical Race Training in Higher Education

Feb 12, 2021 · William A. Jacobson · Comments Off on Exposing Critical Race Training in Higher Education

The Legal Insurrection Foundation, of which I am the president, has launched a website, criticalrace.org, to provide resources to parents and students regarding Critical Race Training in higher education. The … Continue reading “Exposing Critical Race Training in Higher Education”


Did You Know? The 1776 Report—a Half-Done Project

Jan 28, 2021 · Sumantra Maitra · Comments Off on Did You Know? The 1776 Report—a Half-Done Project

A short-lived report quickly torched by the new Biden administration provides a pathway for those who seek to return to a classical structure of higher education. The report, titled the … Continue reading “Did You Know? The 1776 Report—a Half-Done Project”


A War Against ‘Normal’

May 29, 2020 · Sumantra Maitra · Comments Off on A War Against ‘Normal’

A question of power is at the heart of the new and interesting book by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay. The Anglo-American liberal duo did a tremendous service to the … Continue reading “A War Against ‘Normal’”


A Radical Pseudo-historian Meets His Match

Apr 15, 2020 · Wilfred McClay · Comments Off on A Radical Pseudo-historian Meets His Match

Historians tend to be skeptical about the influence of books and ideas upon important historical developments, preferring to draw upon material or broadly social and cultural causes as the best … Continue reading “A Radical Pseudo-historian Meets His Match”


The Philosophical Force Driving the Fight to Rewrite History

Feb 21, 2020 · Sumantra Maitra · Comments Off on The Philosophical Force Driving the Fight to Rewrite History

Two recent stories that dominated academic Twitter were the cancellation of the Western Art History course at Yale and the incorporation of the 1619 Project in the school curricula in … Continue reading “The Philosophical Force Driving the Fight to Rewrite History”

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