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November 18, 2009

Dalrymple on Requiring University for Nurses

Ken Daniszewski

Theodore Dalrymple comments in the Telegraph on a government requirement that new nurses in the UK will have to hold a degree-level qualification beginning in 2013. Dalrymple sees no intrinsic reaso......

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November 18, 2009

NAS President's Report

Peter Wood

President Peter Wood tells what's next for the National Association of Scholars and gives five ways new members can help our work.

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November 17, 2009

Ivory Tower Teaching Explains Fort Hood

Candace de Russy

Cross-posted from Phi Beta Cons: In the aftermath of the Fort Hood massacre, and the mounting evidence that the shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan, was motivated by Islamist beliefs, the......

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November 17, 2009

The Offending Cartoons Will Be Published After All

George Leef

But not in the book Yale University Press is publishing. Duke University professor Gary Hull includes them in a new book he has just brought out. Bravo, Professor Hull!

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November 17, 2009

Ed Schools Failing Math

Ken Daniszewski

Sandra Stotsky has an excellent article in City Journal discussing how our education schools are failing to deliver on math education - because they have become over committed to some progressive id......

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