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femimist professor under fire

September 6 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, The Left

WSJ  8/31/2019   THE WEEKEND INTERVIEW with Camille Paglia By Tunku Varadarajan When Camille Paglia was an “obnoxious adolescent” of 15, she had what she describes as “this huge fight with a nun” in upstate New York. Ms. Paglia, 72, remembers the incident with a clarity that suggests a lifetime of unresolved umbrage. “We were released from school... Read more

Wahooing Betsy Ross – WSJ

August 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Social Engineering

Mr Henninger has it right: “…corporation headquarters are not profiles in courage…” WSJ 7/10/2019 The remarkable thing about Colin Kaepernick ’s banning of Nike ’s Betsy Ross flag sneaker to commemorate the Fourth of July isn’t that it happened, but how easily it happened. Nike’s management simply folded over “concerns that it could unintentionally offend.” Translating this waffly phrase into... Read more

Girl Power!

February 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct

Where are the women?????????

= = = = Are athletes who are born male but identify as female cheating girls? Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says they are. “To put the argument at its most basic,” she wrote this weekend in an op-ed for the Sunday Times of London, “a man can decide to be female, take hormones if... Read more

Democrats Disgrace the Senate

September 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Kavanaugh, Politically correct, The Left

It is almost impossible for me to fathom how the Democratic Party condones what is happening. ====== WSJ 9/27/2018 By Karl Rove Thursday will be an immensely consequential day for America. As of this writing, Christine Blasey Ford is scheduled to appear in the morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, followed by Judge Brett Kavanaugh. They both deserve to be heard, but the... Read more

Harvard Needs to Come Clean

August 6 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Politically correct, US Constitution

Talk about a ‘hall pass’. ======== WSJ 8/6/2018 The Trump Administration in July withdrew Obama-era guidance that gave colleges a wink and a nod to racially discriminate. This means that colleges like Harvard that use racial preferences in admissions will receive more legal scrutiny, and the examination should be instructive. Between 2011 and 2016, the Obama Education Department issued seven notices advising colleges... Read more

A Movement Rises to Take Back Higher Education – WSJ

June 20 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Politically correct

Good news, indeed. ====== By Emily Esfahani Smith   –  June 17, 2018 1:59 p.m. ET Debra Mashek, a psychology professor at Harvey Mudd College, was leading a class discussion about intellectual humility this past semester when the conversation came to a halt. Ms. Mashek asked the students to think of ways in which, during an argument, they could signal intellectual humility—that is, admit... Read more

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