Colleges still act like Communist boot camps
Two more pieces on bad news from universities. Half of college kids aren’t just radical; they flat-out can’t think straight (Sept. 25): EXCLUSIVE — A new survey sponsored by Yale […]
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Brooks Robinson, R.I.P.
(Sept. 29) Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, who died on Sept. 26 at age 86, was so good that even his baseball card made spectacular plays. And he […]
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Is necktie obsolescence a thing of the past?
So as I put on my necktie this morning (Sept. 13), I reflected how I was showing my age by wearing an Adam Smith necktie that the Heritage Foundation made […]
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Punish Harvard, G.U., and other schools denying free speech
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Sept. 11): University administrations still aren’t getting the message that colleges should be bastions of free inquiry. If they want to avoid losing big money in […]
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Jimmy Buffett gave us all ‘a good life all the way’
(Sept. 2) MOBILE, AL. — Balladeer Jimmy Buffett, who died Sept. 1 at age 76, grew up in this coastal Alabama town and then made his first living as a […]
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Policies related (separately) to schools and drugs
Four pieces unrelated to each other except that each is policy-heavy, on either schools or drugs. (Link to each full article embedded in each headline. Unions play politics at expense […]
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Oppenheimer movie is a mess
(July 31) Unless you want to spend the rest of your life wanting the return of three wasted hours, stay away from the movie Oppenheimer. It’s a ponderous, turgid mess. The film also […]
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Louisiana board would devalue high school diplomas
(July 29-30 in the Louisiana T-P/Advocate) Former President George W. Bush was right, on the education front, to blast what he called “the soft bigotry of low expectations.” Now the […]
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‘Freedom Conservatism’ principles are the right ones
(July 19) Modern political conservatism is fond of occasional statements of comprehensive principles, letting the world know there is something deeper at work than mere political jockeying. An eloquent new […]
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Court should smack down college ‘Bias Response Teams’
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, July 11) The Supreme Court soon will be asked yet again to teach college administrators that they may not deny the First Amendment freedom of speech […]
