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Anti-Semitic vandalism on the rise on campus

Anti-Semitic vandalism on the rise on campus by Alex Katz – SFPA Member on January 18, 2011 On a Monday during Hanukkah, someone took eight Hebrew texts down from the shelves of Indiana University’s Wells Library, put the books in eight different bathrooms, threw them in toilets and urinated on them. The next day, two [...]

January 18th, 2011
Topic: News and Press Coverage

The Subversive Agenda of our Public Schools | FrontPage Magazine

The Subversive Agenda of our Public Schools By Jamie Glazov Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of ten books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the [...]

January 10th, 2011
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Who is Behind Seattle’s Anti-Israel Bus Campaign? » Publications » Family Security Matters

December 21, 2010 Who is Behind Seattle’s Anti-Israel Bus Campaign? A news report from King-5 reported that in King County, Seatle, a bus poster campaign will commence on December 27. This campaign will showcase the slogan: “Israeli War Crimes: Your Tax Dollars at Work.” The posters are the brainchild of a group called the Seattle [...]

December 23rd, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

We’re All Conservatives Now – NYTimes.com

We’re All Conservatives Now By STANLEY FISH Last week conservative activist David Horowitz, author of the Academic Bill of Rights, e-mailed me to report, in sorrow, that Penn State University had weakened “the only academic freedom provision . . . worthy of the name.” What the university had done was revise an 1987 statement stipulating [...]

December 21st, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

The WikiLeaks Vindication of George W. Bush | FrontPage Magazine

By Larry Elder The WikiLeaks de facto declassification of privileged material makes it case closed: Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction — and intended to restart his program once the heat was off. President George W. Bush, in the 2003 State of the Union address, uttered the infamous “16 words”: “The British government has [...]

December 16th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

On Teaching Conservatism

On Teaching Conservatism By Jonathan B. Imber One consistent challenge in teaching is remembering how little students really know and how much they think they know. This is not a putdown of students. On the contrary, it is a celebration of optimism in the best sense of the word, the same optimism that was supposed [...]

December 13th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Northern Illinois U. Kicks ‘Students for Sensible Drug Policy’ off Campus for Its Views; Campus Policy Attempts to Overrule 5 out of 5 Rights in the First Amendment – FIRE

DEKALB, Ill., Dec. 6, 2010—Last night, the Northern Illinois University (NIU) Student Association Senate denied recognition for the second time to NIU Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). As a result, SSDP may not meet on campus, post flyers, or reapply for recognition for two years. The Senate also denies funding to all “political” and [...]

December 8th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Dupes | FrontPage Magazine

By Jamie Glazov Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Paul Kengor, a professor of political science at Grove City College. His previous books include the bestsellers God and Ronald Reagan and The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. His latest book is Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century, based on [...]

December 6th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Baylor University || The Lariat Online || News

Point of View: Baylor should address imbalanced curricula in academia Dec. 2, 2010 By Emily Hammon Baylor’s Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Davis has issued this statement; “Our specific call, at this critical moment, is to employ our collective imagination to determine the next steps to which our commitment and purpose point. The stakes [...]

December 2nd, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Pajamas Media » York University Moves to Suppress Offensive Speech — But Only When Jews Are Speaking

York University Moves to Suppress Offensive Speech — But Only When Jews Are Speaking The Canadian university hosts the odious anti-Semite and pro-terrorist George Galloway, and moves to suppress the free speech rights of a Jewish rabbi for condemning him. by Richard Cravatts York University in Toronto, which has gained for itself the dubious distinction [...]

November 19th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage