Tag Archives: Political Correctness

The “Speech-Denialists”

GATESTONE by Daniel Mael June 2, 2015 On college campuses, teachers, students and sometimes even administrators seem to have become ever more eager to block any idea with which they disagree. Often it appears as if their first impulse is to … Continue reading

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In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas

NEW YORK TIMES by Judith Shulevitz March 21, 2015 ….A few weeks ago, Zineb El Rhazoui, a journalist at Charlie Hebdo, spoke at the University of Chicago, protected by the security guards she has traveled with since supporters of the … Continue reading

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Islam Gets Special Treatment

REAL CLEAR POLITICS by Dennis Prager January 13, 2015 …..Why did the Muslim terrorists go to a Jewish grocery? This is not a riddle. We all know. But some in the media pretended they didn’t. During the attack, a reporter … Continue reading

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The Disappearance of Conservative Commencement Speakers, Bloomberg Harvard speech excerpt on political correctness

FIVETHIRTYEIGHT by Harry Enten May 28, 2014 Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice recently pulled out of giving the commencement address at Rutgers University after students protested. Rice was just the latest would-be commencement speaker to face criticism and withdraw. The head … Continue reading

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The Closing of the Collegiate Mind

WALL STREET JOURNAL By Ruth Wisse May 11, 2014 There was a time when people looking for intellectual debate turned away from politics to the university. Political backrooms bred slogans and bagmen; universities fostered educated discussion. But when students in … Continue reading

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