Beijing confirms that Confucius Institutes subvert Western academic freedom. Chinese Vice Minister Xu Lin. Updated Dec. 25, 2014 5:03 p.m. ET 18 COMMENTS Critics have argued that China’s Confucius Institutes pose a threat to academic freedom in the United States, Canada, Europe and beyond. Now the Beijing official in charge has confirmed it. If you’re new to this issue, the Chinese government has set up... Read more
Archive for the ‘Politically correct’ Category
Madam Xu’s Party Line
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, China, Politically correct, The LeftLet’s Talk About How Islam Has Been Hijacked
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | Politically correct, Radical Islam, The LeftAnother voice in the wilderness. ===== “I’m appalled by what is done in the name of my religion. Yet my American friends don’t want to hear it.” By Aly Salem Oct. 26, 2014 7:23 p.m. ET This week a Canadian Muslim gunman went on a rampage in Ottawa, killing a soldier and storming into the Parliament building before he was shot dead. Authorities have since... Read more
How is it NOT Islam?
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, The LeftNot sure how many more terrorist acts we need to see on US soil before people wake up. ========== How do you tie together all of the major terrorist events on American soil since 9/11? Simple: you study the woven web behind the Moore, Oklahoma, beheader Alton Nolen. He converted to Islam in prison and sat under the influence of Imam Suhaib Webb.... Read more
“..persons with no particular expertise..”
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Politically correctAt least one body of the US Govt is paying attention… ===== A big story of President Obama’s second term is how federal courts are overturning executive abuses. But sometimes the prosecution is so outrageous, and the legal smackdown so sublime, that the episode deserves special recognition. Such is the case with last week’s hilariously caustic rebuke of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... Read more
Censors on Campus
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctSo much for your “liberal arts” education. ======= Here’s a less than enthusiastic word of thanks to America’s college administrators. Close to 60% of campuses in 2013 substantially abridged the First Amendment rights of faculty and students. But at least that’s an improvement from 75% in 2007—the year the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Fire) produced its first comprehensive assessment of... Read more
