July 1, 2008
Roger Kimball summons us to call the "spade" a spade, and to seek truth free of "theory."
June 27, 2008
Conservative crews have left the zoos: here's one more opinion on which to muse. What would you do if you ran the zoo?
June 26, 2008
The American Girl dolls play their small part in the struggle for social justice--but only after having healthy, historical fun.
June 25, 2008
This week, Columbia announced its decision to fire Madonna Constantine, a Teachers College professor who in October said she found a noose on her office doorknob.
June 25, 2008
Mark Bauerlein's simple rule for running the zoo: have other professors teach freshman comp too!
May 7, 2024
The mobs desecrating the American flag, smashing windows, chanting genocidal slogans—this always was the end game of the advocates of the right to protest, action civics, student activ......
March 9, 2024
Claireve Grandjouan, when I knew her, was Head of the Classics Department at Hunter College, and that year gave a three-hour Friday evening class in Egyptian archaeology....
April 20, 2024
By all means, pursue your noble dream of improving the condition of humanity through your research and teaching. Could I do it all again, I would, but I would do things very differently....
May 15, 2015
A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....
October 12, 2010
What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...
September 21, 2010
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....
