I’ve been loath to write a word on Russia-gate because there is too much fevered chatter across the political spectrum. But Evelyn Farkas’ appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this week bears attention. Here is what Farkas, a former assistant defense secretary under President Obama, told Mika Brzezinski in regards to efforts to gather, expose, and
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The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently released a report about a community college professor who was terminated for maintaining high academic standards for his students. The higher ed institution was the Community College of Aurora (CCA), Colorado, and the professor was Nathaniel Bork, a teacher of philosophy. The college “did not afford Bork
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At Gustavus Adolphus College, the Diversity Leadership Council (DLC), with the help of several student-led social justice groups, decided to try a social experiment. They posted fake flyers with racially provocative messages on the theory that they would generate respectful dialogue about hate, intolerance, discrimination and diversity. The flyers read: “A Notice to All White
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It’s unlikely that Marilyn Rhames ever thought she would be advocating for school choice and *gasp* vouchers. As a black, public school teacher from Chicago, such a position was not on her radar. But her position changed as she saw the public schools from inside and realized they didn’t offer the type of high-quality education
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Rachel Dolezal became famous two years ago when, as the ostensibly African-American head of the NAACP, it was discovered that she wasn’t Black at all, as she had always claimed. Rather than admit that she had simply lied, she instead began arguing that, despite the biological reality that she was a Caucasian, she really was Black.
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Recently I found the perfect pair of spring heels at Nordstrom Rack. Their most defining characteristic? They’re designed by Ivanka Trump. I didn’t think anything of it, aside from the fact that the daughter of our current president has great taste in shoes. Apparently, however, Nordstrom is one of many stores that will no longer
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