Sadly, even this chart shows it. The Left is beginning to go after those subjects that have been presumed “objective” when compared to the “soft” departments where “feelings” seem to count more than Right Answer / Wrong Answer:
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Until They Heal Their Own Bias, They Have No Moral Authority to Question Ours
You have probably heard the phrase, physician, heal thyself? If you contemplate the meaning from scripture, it means “you first!” Get your act together before telling us to do the same. American academia has this problem in spades, a ‘virus’ that has infected the Left and most of the Democrat party.
Social Justice Studies – More Dangerous to Liberty Than COVID19?
The answer to the title should seem obvious. Are Social Justice Studies and the Post-Modernism (Theory) that roots them more dangerous to liberty than the Coronavirus? There’s no easy vaccine for Theory (not even pretend one), so the answer is yes, it is.
Liberty and Justice for All; A Statement of Reaffirmation
by Skip
The Corner (at National Review) has a serious post that I consider to be an opening shot against the Marxism that has taken hold in Academia. That, in the last two or three years, has burst out of that bubble in screams of Totalitarianism, Safetyism, and Presentism.
Narratives or Facts and Truth
Narratives or facts and truth; what’s the difference? The news media are projecting a “narrative”. The fact news people are doing narratives, that the word is part of the lexicon conveys a message. We are in trouble.
Blogline of the Day – Put an Academic on point on “Diversity”
by Skip
As Thomas Sowell once remarked, “The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.”
Jewish UMASS Amherst Student Called a Nazi, Students and Faculty Run Him Off-Campus
Blacks get called white supremacists for supporting Trump. As dumb as that sounds, how much worse is this? Louis Shenker was a student at UMASS Amherst. A supporter of the president, who thought the university’s dedication to free speech and peaceful protest was inclusive. It was not.
To the Modern Left, Even the Meme Cannot Meme What it Thinks it Memes
The left is a funny lot, and I don’t mean Ha-Ha funny. They invent these terms like ‘hate speech,’ and hate crimes,’ all while promoting the postmodern deconstructionism required to justify identity politics and the gender spectrum.
Conservatism Comes From Our Belief About Human Nature
Conservatism comes from our belief about human nature. Conservatism has been and continues to be extremely vilified by the media and academia. The participants in those occupations, media and academia, are generally speaking leftists. How much more leftist are they than conservative?
Like I have been saying for years…
by Skip
Socialism arrived on our shores because of American “scholars” that wanted to show others that they were smarter than our Founders… …in that putting the State above Individuals was such a hot idea. Problem is, its a REGRESSIVE idea; its been the manner and worldview of totalitarianism for since time began – the small elite … Read more
Superintendents in New Hampshire are dropping like flies. Here’s how to fix it
Honesty, integrity, ethics, morals are all still qualities you find in a great leader. So what’s going on in New Hampshire?
Disarming America, Moving Toward Tyranny?
by Rick Olson
“People love conspiracy theories.” —Neil Armstrong
Not so much. Yes…The internet is awash with all sorts of conspiracy theories that spin tales of how the government is going to disarm the populace and tyranny shall rule the day. A considerable amount of what is out there amount to no more than “Tin-foiled hat-wearing” doomsayers who probably didn’t get enough attention, Ritalin or positive feedback as kids. It’s there.
But on the other hand, Some of the stuff is well-written and compelling enough to literally scare the “bejesus” out of impressionable young souls. Am I dismissing much of it? Yes. But not for the
What is it with Professors Believing they are Arrogant Kings of their Classrooms?
by Skip
Professors – what is it that convinces them that just because they are smart in their small “micro-field”, that expertise automatically transfers to them the right to supercede the Rule of Law? I’ve already had one run-in with a local professor:
Bad laws are required to be broken by people of conscience and my conscience is the highest authority. If a person with a gun refuses to leave my class, then I will announce that the class is over and I will leave. If the student in question insists on carrying a gun to future classes, then I will have no choice but to turn the class into an on-line class so that I can ensure the safety of my students. People who make these foolish rules are out of touch with reality and any rules they make must be trumped by morality and reason.
My response:
Just as he seemingly scoffs at the rules at Plymouth State. His last Letter stated that if someone continually brought a gun to his class that he’d “have no choice but to turn the class into an on-line class”. Well, I could and he can’t – I called Plymouth State and verified that your grandiose statement aside, you do not have the legal authority to do that. Leo [Leo Sandy, that is], just because you say something is true doesn’t make it so.
Master of the Universe in his own mind, and the same thing again with this one? I understand that many years have been spent in acquiring that sheepskin that has Ph.D on it – and getting to that next step, that of tenure, can be fraught with anxiety over every little thing: have I written enough, have I published enough, have I taught enough, have I said enough right things and none of the bad (have I said anything that is politically incorrect?) so as to have culled myself from the mono-mindset herd? And, have I kissed enough butts and sucked up to the right people?
If s/he does want to be referred to as a “he” or a “she”, is this a case of too much watching of “The Munsters”?
by Skip
Is this the point at which the LGBT<XYZ> movement jumps the shark? From The Corner (Mark Steyn):
George Leef over at NRO’s PhiBetaCons had a teasing link to this exciting news earlier today:
Harvard has appointed Vanidy “Van” Bailey as the College’s first permanent director of bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer student life. Bailey, the assistant director for education at the University of California, San Diego, will assume the new position on July 16.
Alas, this long overdue shattering of the BGLTQ ceiling was marred by The Harvard Crimson’s grossly insensitive coverage: