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Cowards of Academia Jun. 12, 2018
One of the nice things about summer is that school is out and, at least for a few months, we'll get ... Read More
Educational Fraud Continues Apr. 25, 2018
Earlier this month, the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka The Nation's Report Ca... Read More
The Student Data-Mining Scandal Under Our Noses Apr. 11, 2018
While congresscritters expressed outrage at Facebook's intrusive data grabs during Capitol Hill hear... Read More
Students, Don't Let the Gun Lobby Wear You Down Mar. 22, 2018
Only three students were shot at an American school Tuesday. Two of them were hospitalized, and only... Read More
A Message to the Florida School Shooting Survivors Mar. 03, 2018
Dear students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: The nation hears you. We have seen you on tel... Read More
After Another Massacre, a Change in Inventory Feb. 28, 2018
Interesting how some conservative pundits, gun zealots and other cynics have tried to dismiss the ac... Read More
And the Children Shall Lead Us Feb. 21, 2018
At 8:18 p.m. on May 4, 1970, just hours after Ohio National Guardsmen killed four students and wound... Read More
Real Life Has No Safe Spaces Feb. 02, 2018
In Everytown, USA, the local fire department exists to put out fires; it doesn't exist to extinguish... Read More
Teaching the Art of Begging Oct. 25, 2017
Dear Readers: Through the years, people I don't know — probably nice and sincere people —... Read More
Freedom From Speech on Campus Sep. 26, 2017
It's not exactly a secret that liberal college campuses are among the most illiberal places in Ameri... Read More
Cowards of Academia Jun. 06, 2017
One of the nice things about summer is that school is out and, at least for a few months, we'll get ... Read More
The Real Lessons of Middlebury College Mar. 13, 2017
Many people seem shocked at the recent savagery of a mob of students at Middlebury College, who riot... Read More
This Is 'The Problem We All Live With' Feb. 15, 2017
Ruby Bridges was 6 years old when federal marshals escorted her through a screaming crowd of angry w... Read More
Multigenerational Living Part 2: Students Feb. 02, 2017
I just love it when I learn about an experiment that has turned out to be a win-win for everyone inv... Read More
Universities Cave to Snowflakes Jan. 25, 2017
One wonders just how far spineless college administrators will go when it comes to caving in to the ... Read More
Trump and College Chaos Nov. 23, 2016
If one needed more evidence of the steep decay in academia, Donald Trump's victory provided it. Let'... Read More
So You Want to Go to Yale Nov. 17, 2016
On Sunday, I went to my local Queens bakery at 9, 11 and 2, and each time, I sat across from a frien... Read More
Credit Cards in the Hands of Financially Immature Students Oct. 05, 2016
Your kids are fortunate to be growing up in this most progressive and exciting time in history. That... Read More
The Academic Curtain Oct. 04, 2016
Back in the days of the Cold War between the Communist bloc of nations and the Western democracies, ... Read More
Political Correctness Doesn't Only Threaten Speech Sep. 16, 2016
Many, including me, have lamented that political correctness, especially on university campuses, is ... Read More
