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Harvard Should Pay Its Fair Share
How to deal with higher ed’s corruption? Milton Friedman had the right idea: Tax the universities.
Commentary
Dec. 24, 2023
The Anti-Woke Collegiate Counterrevolution Is Just Beginning
The real world might just be changing its approach to woke higher-ed.
Commentary
Dec. 14, 2023
Collegiate Fiscal Insanity in Texas
Commentary
Nov. 30, 2023
Time to Amend the Constitution
The tale of the uncivil war between the Progressive Kings and the Good Guys.
Commentary
Nov. 27, 2023
The Bell Tolls for Woke Humanities Professors
Enrollment has declined, and soon the number of faculty will follow.
Commentary
Nov. 12, 2023
Reversing America’s Decline
Like second century Rome, we have seen a deteriorating quality of national leadership and a sense of national community.
Commentary
Nov. 7, 2023
The Need for Adult Supervision of Universities
Commentary
Oct. 31, 2023
Free Speech? Not on College Campuses.
It isn’t getting any better.
Commentary
Oct. 19, 2023
Bread and Circuses, Then and Now: America Mimics Rome’s Decline
What does the fall of Rome have to do with modern America?
Commentary
Oct. 9, 2023
For Whom Does the Ball Roll?
It’s time to recognize the successes and failures of American collegiate sports.
Commentary
Sep. 18, 2023
The Ne Plus Ultra of Collegiate Wokeness
The Scott Gerber case at Ohio Northern University is a new low for campus politicization.
Commentary
Aug. 28, 2023
Combatting Academic Hucksters in the Sciences
Researchers trying to proclaim a novel idea worthy of publication could be manipulating the results.
Commentary
Aug. 17, 2023
Affirmative Action Ruling May Save American Colleges
Colleges will find trashing DEI initiatives is good for business.
Commentary
Aug. 4, 2023
Does College Accreditation Work?
Commentary
Aug. 1, 2023
University Innovation in the Buckeye State?
State Sen. Cirino has been the driving force behind initiatives that might transform the university system in Ohio.
Commentary
July 18, 2023
Universities: The Public and the Rule of Law Be Damned
College admissions won’t become “color blind” anytime soon.
Commentary
July 12, 2023
The Decline (and Fall?) of College
Universities could go the way of the Roman Empire. But they don’t have to.
Commentary
July 1, 2023
University of Pennsylvania Versus Amy Wax
Where is Penn’s founder, Benjamin Franklin, when we need him?
Commentary
June 30, 2023
Higher Education Needs Some Creative Destruction
Commentary
June 20, 2023
Biden’s College Loan Write-offs Are Unfair, Irresponsible—and Illegal
Commentary
May 28, 2023


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