March 29, 2022

Video: 1965: LBJ and the Great Society

National Association of Scholars

The "Great Society" programs of the Johnson Administration offered Americans many promises of a great and better future. Nearly 50 years later, our panelists discuss how the events came about,......

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March 29, 2022

(Dis)Order in the Court

Marina Ziemnick

Today’s elite law students believe that civil discourse and freedom of speech are obsolete. Both have been sacrificed at the altar of progressive values. 

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March 29, 2022

Progressive Doctrine Embraces George Orwell’s 1984

Kenin M. Spivak

In perfect doublespeak, academicians, policy-makers, and the media insist that authoritarian measures are necessary to ensure freedom.

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March 25, 2022

NAS Statement on the Yale Law School Debacle

Peter Wood

The Yale Law School disruption shows that the campus world is still imperiled by students who have forgotten that respect for free exchange is a basic precondition of higher learning.

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March 24, 2022

NAS Statement on the University of California's Proposed Ethnic Studies Requirement

National Association of Scholars

We urge everyone in California, and especially everyone affiliated with the University of California system, to express their opposition to the new Ethnic Studies requirement.

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March 22, 2022

Where Medical Schools Go to DIE

Marina Ziemnick

The onslaught against traditional medical education is not just a piecemeal effort: it is now being encouraged by top-down mandates from medical associations.

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March 22, 2022

Video: Shaping the West

National Association of Scholars

Watch as we discuss the development of the American frontier with Richard Etulain, Patty Limerick, and Brad Birzer.

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March 21, 2022

Florida Lawmakers Must Prevent Corruption of Personal Finance Education

Neetu Arnold

With some proactive alterations, Florida's new bill will strengthen financial education for the state's K-12 students.

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March 21, 2022

America's Largest System of Higher Education Proposes Political Litmus Tests

John D. Sailer

Recently proposed DEI competencies in the California Community Colleges system call for a restructuring of academic excellence, the abandonment of academic integrity, and the elimination of academic f......

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March 18, 2022

Our Difficult Challenge Ahead

William H. Young

Progressive elites and youth—the progeny of Higher Education—have embedded ideas and practices in American governance and society that will be difficult to displace.

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

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....

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

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?...

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....