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October 2, 2009

Highway or Can Opener?

Peter Wood

Be sure to check out the text of Peter's speech, "Academic Freedom and Discontent," for the Alexander Hamilton Institute, now posted on the NAS website. In it he contrasts the progress......

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October 2, 2009

We Didn't Call it Communism

Peter Wood

“Sustainable Sausage,” a blog that promotes “sustainability for twenty somethings” features the views of three New Zealanders, Lisa, Kavi, and Janelle. One of the Kiwi sausag......

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October 2, 2009

Freedom from Fear: Crime and the Diversity Hustle

Jonathan Bean

By now, most Americans have watched the newscast on the brutal killing of Chicago honors student Derrion Albert. FDR made "freedom from fear" one of his Four Freedoms. Many Chicago students fl......

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October 2, 2009

Superb New Book by CT Affiliate Head

Ashley Thorne

We are proud to recognize that Jay Bergman, president of the NAS Connecticut affiliate and professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, has published a new book, Meeting the Demands......

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October 1, 2009

Is NAS Conservative? A Conversation

Peter Wood

In response to our article noting the arrival of CampusReform.org, a reader commented: The recent article on CampusReform.org has the following statement: "NAS is politically non-partisan. We d......

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