February 12, 2010

Prof. Bertonneau Responds Again

George Leef

          Apropos of the comments made on his second Pope Center piece, Tom has asked me to post this response: My respondent writes: “‘......

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February 12, 2010

Bertonneau on the Connection between Culture and Memory

George Leef

In the third of a series of articles for the Pope Center, Tom Bertonneau examines the connection between culture and memory. He finds that among today's college students, that connection is peri......

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February 11, 2010

UC Irvine, Terminally Ill with Prejudice?

Candace de Russy

The rabid, hateful tenor of the recent, well-orchestrated verbal attack by Muslim students on Israel's gracious ambassador, Michael Oren, is painful to behold for those of us love higher ed......

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February 11, 2010

Upcoming New York Association of Scholars Event

Ashley Thorne

THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS THE CUNY ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS INVITE YOU TO ATTEND OUR FIRST EVENT OF 2010 James Piereson will discuss Reflections on the Kennedy Era James Pieres......

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February 11, 2010

Law Professor: Belief in Sustainability Built on False Assumption of Stasis

Ashley Thorne

David Friedman, a professor of Law and Economics at Santa Clara Law, blogs about sustainability: The university I teach at is very big on "sustainability." As best I can tell, what it means is doi......

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February 11, 2010

Free Academic Questions Articles

Ashley Thorne

Enjoy “Corroding the Curriculum: Sustainability v. Education,” by Austin Williams, for free along with other AQ articles.

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February 10, 2010

Students Protest Mandatory Sustainability at FGCU

Ashley Thorne

At Florida Gulf Coast University, where the curriculum is centered on the UN's Earth Charter, students say mandated eco-propaganda actually fosters anti-environmentalism. They are gathering sign......

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February 10, 2010

Are You a Parent of a College Kid?

Ashley Thorne

We'd love to hear from you! The other evening, I overheard a mother talking to her college daughter on the phone. The conversation made me pause to consider college from a parent's point of......

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February 10, 2010

Manliness on Campus a Hot Topic

Ashley Thorne

Last week I wrote an article for NAS entitled "The Death of Manliness at the University of Wyoming" about the UW administration's bias against  "Literature By and About Men" (also see "Cowb......

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February 10, 2010

Why are Most Professors Leftists?

George Leef

That has been a hot topic of late. In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, seven professors who are not leftist offer their thoughts on the thesis that the job of professor just doesn't fit the......

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

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Ask a Scholar: What Does YHWH Elohim Mean?

A reader asks, "If Elohim refers to multiple 'gods,' then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods...the one of many, right?" A Hebrew expert answers....