A year ago, Notre Dame professor Christian Smith wrote a scathing op-ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education about how badly higher education is drowning in the “manure” that “has piled up so deep in the hallways, classrooms, and administration buildings of American higher education.” In December, the column was listed as among the most […]
UPDATED A professor of politics doesn’t think much of California State University, Fresno’s new “principles of community” draft. Writing for Commentary, Ursinus College Professor Jonathan Marks says that he has a good suggestion for Fresno State’s new mascot: Barney the Dinosaur. Marks sums up the new principles: Fresno Staters “are Respectful,” which means, among other things, that […]
An op-ed in The Daily Caller explains what can happen when the media rushes to find a narrative in a news story before gathering all the facts. The initial story, as writer Hannah Grossman explains, was spun as “a supposedly racially motivated phone call to the police that caught international attention out of hundreds of others.” Grossman […]
Marriage rates are down, divorce rates are up, fertility is nearing an all-time low: It is no stretch to say Americans are facing something of a crisis of relationship issues. Add to the list what one professor calls “a sad commentary on an increasingly dysfunctional society:” love “has all but vanished from pop culture.” David […]