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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Islamists Won’t Thank Liberals for Being Nice or PC 0
- International
- March 24, 2017
On “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Ayaan Hirsi Ali recently blasted what she called the “apologetic attitude” many liberals seem to have toward Islamism and Islamic terrorism. Hirsi Ali, who was raised Muslim in Somalia but has renounced her former religion, said the Islamist playbook is simple: indoctrination, intimidation, and force. She said Western efforts to appease
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Why Most Students No Longer Read the ‘Great Books’0
- Education
- March 23, 2017
For about a hundred years now, various educators have tried to promote a return to the study of the “Great Books” in schools. But they have largely failed to gain much traction. “Great Books” is the name given to the so-called Western canon of literature—those books throughout history that have been influential in shaping
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How the Government Ruined US Healthcare — and What Can Be Done 0
- Economics
- March 23, 2017
Government’s meddling in the healthcare business has been disastrous from the get-go. Since 1910, when Republican William Taft gave in to the American Medical Association’s lobbying efforts, most administrations have passed new healthcare regulations. With each new law or set of new regulations, restrictions on the healthcare market went further, until at some point in
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Documentary on Yale Reveals How Scary U.S. Campuses Have Become 0
- Culture
- March 23, 2017
We have written a lot about the suppression of free speech on campuses and touched on some of the things that have gone on at Yale. But I have seen nothing better on this front than the 12-minute YouTube video I watched this morning, We the Internet TV‘s short documentary “Silence U Part 2: What has Yale Become?”
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How a study about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was doctored, adding to pain and stigma 0
- Science
- March 23, 2017
The public relies on scientists to report their findings accurately and completely, but that does not always happen. Too often, researchers announce only their most favorable outcomes, while keeping more disappointing results well out of sight. This phenomenon, first identified by the psychologist Robert Rosenthal in 1979, is called the “file drawer problem.” Although it
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College Prez: ‘I’m Scared’ by Rise of Emotionalism on Campus 0
- Culture
- March 23, 2017
We’ve seen campus discord explode in recent years and it seems to be picking up steam in the past few months. Whether it’s the issue of Halloween costumes at Yale, or white girls wearing hoop earrings, or Charles Murray speaking at a campus lecture, there always seems to be something that has students riled up.
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