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The Threat to Free Speech at Missouri 0
- Culture
- November 11, 2015
According to various news sources, the police at the University of Missouri are asking students to report “hateful and hurtful speech”. Here’s the document reported by The Daily Caller: As the police admit, hateful and hurtful speech “are not crimes”. Yet, they also indicate that the University of Missouri can take disciplinary action. And here
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It’s Time to Revisit South Park’s Social Justice Episodes 0
- Culture
- November 11, 2015
The opening episode of South Park’s season 19 was “Stunning and Brave”. It’s just about perfect for the current chaos in many of America’s institutions of learning. Here’s the description: “There is a new principal at the helm of South Park Elementary. He forces the boys to confront the damage they’ve done through their history
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Another Trophy is Claimed at Missouri 0
- Culture
- November 11, 2015
Campus Reform reports that “Dr. Dale Brigham, considered one of the most beloved professors at the University of Missouri, has been forced to resign after initially refusing to cancel an exam for students who claimed to feel ‘unsafe.’ ‘If you don’t feel safe coming to class, then don’t come to class,’ Dr. Brigham told his
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College Isn’t the Time for a “Broad Education”0
- Education
- November 10, 2015
I always roll my eyes when I hear liberal arts professors today defending general requirements and expounding on the glories of a broad education. It’s not that I disagree with them about the value of a broad education (after all, my doctorate is in one of the liberal arts). It’s just that I think college
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What One of History’s Greatest Intellects Said About His Writings 0
- Uncategorized
- November 10, 2015
“All that I have written seems to me as so much straw.” No, these aren’t the words of a modern blogger. They came from St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), without question one of the greatest intellects history has known. How brilliant was Aquinas? He conducted quodlibetal disputations, in which a gathered crowd at the university could
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Fragile Snowflakes or Manipulative Narcissists?0
- Culture
- November 10, 2015
At the same time some students are flexing their political muscles (with the help of some professors) at the University of Missouri, Yale, and other schools demanding “safe space”, we’re treated to an increasing number of stories about the lack of resilience and overall fragility of many college students. Quite honestly, the psychology of it
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The Threat to Free Speech at Missouri 0