It's Racial Indoctrination Day at Upscale Chicagoland School
Peter Berkowitz writes that as administrators foist social justice on 4,000 suburban students at New Trier High School, parents plead for balance.
View ArticleYale Lawsuit Spotlights Title IX, Sexual Assault 'Hysteria'
In an October 26, 2016, letter to the Wall Street Journal, Professor David M. Post, chair of Yale’s University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct, defended the Ivy League institution’s “procedures for...
View ArticleU.S. Must Build On Short-Term Steps in Israeli Peace Effort
TEL AVIV--President Donald Trump’s penchant for entwining reckless utterances and sound pronouncements was on vivid display at his joint White House press conference last month with Israeli Prime...
View ArticleA Lawsuit Accuses Yale of Censoring Even Inoffensive Ideas
A class essay condemning rape was 'unnecessarily provocative,' the Title IX coordinator allegedly said.
View ArticleModeration Is in Short Supply -- and Much Needed
Moderation—the tendency to avoid the extremes and strike sensible balances—does not appear to be President Trump’s strong suit. That so much of the opposition to him is bereft of this much-disparaged...
View ArticleTrue Health-Care Reform Hinges on Doctors' Redefined Role
The controversy over the future of health care in the United States is momentous. But the narrowness of the debate—which swirls around coverage, costs, and who pays—obscures other grave threats to the...
View ArticleWhat 'Fascism' Talk Really Accomplishes
The allegation that Donald Trump’s presidency reflects the rise—or resurgence—of fascism in America has little basis in fact. But it is a sure way to amplify the scorn for Republicans gripping many on...
View ArticleA Heretic at Duke Divinity School
The dean brings charges of ‘unprofessional conduct’ for a vigorous defense of free inquiry.
View ArticleHow Elites Got Us Into Trouble -- and Can Help Get Us Out
In the Trump era, the conviction has spread among elites—especially, but not only, among progressive elites—that the people have failed them. This very conviction, though, is an indication of how...
View ArticleConfronting the Administrative Power Grab
Administrative law is the collection of rules governing the welter of government agencies -- ranging from the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration to the Securities and...
View ArticleThe People vs. the Political Professionals
Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton—as well as his defeat of 16 rivals for the Republican nomination—was nothing if not a repudiation by a significant segment of American voters of rule by...
View ArticleWhy Mideast Peace Ambitions Must Be Dialed Back
TEL AVIV—President Trump’s administration is reportedly drafting a document outlining principles to guide negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. The laudable aim is to bring their protracted...
View ArticleBridging the Conservative Divide
Donald Trump’s ascent to the presidency precipitated a rift of unprecedented proportions in American conservatism. To prevent a permanent split, conservatives must recover an appreciation of the...
View ArticleDay by Day, Tales That Define America & Earn Trust
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll released in late June contains bad news for the country. Only 37 percent of Americans trust the Trump administration “a good amount” or “a great deal.” Worse,...
View ArticleWhat Left & Right Missed in Trump's Warsaw Speech
On July 6, President Trump delivered a speech in Krasi?ski Square in Warsaw, Poland, that provoked heated controversy in the United States. While Americans have returned their attention to familiar...
View ArticleCampus Declarations of War on Free Speech
The threat to free speech in the United States is by no means restricted to colleges and universities, but they have become breeding grounds, training camps, and launching pads in the campaign to...
View ArticleSteadfast Defender of Classical Liberalism
With the Trump administration careening from controversy to controversy, the denizens of Capitol Hill confirming the people’s low opinion of Congress, and much of elite media validating suspicions that...
View ArticleA Liberal Calls Out His Party for Its Identity Politics
Following a week of relentless criticism from the mainstream media for ham-handed and vacillating responses to the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, President Trump saw his approval rating rise...
View ArticleWhy Legal Avenues to Mideast Peace Are Misguided
TEL AVIV -- Over the summer, Trump administration officials Jason Greenblatt and Jared Kushner visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority to renew efforts to resolve the conflict over the West...
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