June 19, 2012
MTC: Two Commencement Talks That Got Attention
Jonathan Imber
The Boston Globe recently reported that the journalist Fareed Zakaria delivered very similar if not identical addresses this commencement season at Harvard and at Duke. Zakaria was perfectly within h......
April 19, 2012
Article: Capitalism and Western Civilization: Social Darwinism
William H. Young
William Young discusses the reputation and reality of Social Darwinism's influence on business practices.
March 20, 2012
MTC: Bollinger: Free Speech, Except on His Own Campus
KC Johnson
In a recent interview, Columbia University president Lee Bollinger was asked whether the Hazelwood standard of student speech should be applied to colleges and universities. (Hazelwood gave high-scho......
February 24, 2012
MTC: A Funny Book about Worthless Degrees
Charlotte Allen
"Here are some [college] degrees that cost you roughly $30,000 in tuition, their much cheaper replacements, and the savings you'd realize: Degree Re......
January 27, 2012
MTC: Ex-Justice: Civil Rights Act 'Poorly Considered'
John S. Rosenberg
When Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010 ABC News noted that over the course of his 34 years on the Court he "became a hero to liberals[,] voting to ... uphold af......