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April 8, 2021

Free Speech at UT: An Open Letter to President Jay Hartzell

Louis K. Bonham

President Hartzell: Is your defense of free speech merely a set of platitudes meant to mollify critics and the state legislature, while behind closed doors wokeism takes over UT?

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April 8, 2021

Report Finds that America's Leading Science Curriculum Fails Students

National Association of Scholars

America’s most popular science curriculum, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), fails students. A new report, Climbing Down: How the Next Generation Science Standards Diminish Scientifi......

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April 6, 2021

The Civics Secures Democracy Act

David Acevedo

Beware: not everything that calls itself “civics education” is actually civics education. The newly proposed Civics Secures Democracy Act is a case in point.

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April 6, 2021

The Death of God and the Death of Higher Education

Mark T. Mitchell

As the screaming mob seeks to shut down all serious inquiry and silence all debate and opposition, the logos remains the only serious alternative.

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April 2, 2021

University Sued for Violating Music Prof’s Free Speech

Thomas K. Lindsay

Music theorist Timothy Jackson has filed a lawsuit against the University of North Texas, which violated his First Amendment rights in response to baseless claims of racism.

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