News Thinking ahead to 2021 27 Dec 202027 Dec 2020 What do Americans need to consider as the new year approaches? Forget about us having serious conversations about the important issues dividing us. Do you really think after the hate…
News Universities boycotting Israel? Good or bad idea? 28 Nov 2018 As one U.S. institution weighs ending its study abroad program to Israel, a controversial question is (again) asked: Are such decisions the right ones for students? Inside Higher Ed notes…
News An evening with James Comey 4 Oct 20183 Oct 2018 I will remember Wednesday evening for a long time. It was the night my wife and I met former FBI director James Comey. In fact, we more than met him.…
News Brett Kavanaugh is right (about one thing) 27 Sep 201828 Sep 2018 I didn't watch a second of today's public hearing into whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Dr. Christine Blasey Ford when both were teenagers. Yes, if I were not at…
News Ohio State officials wouldn’t dare hold their football coach to account. And that explains what’s so wrong with major college football 21 Sep 201821 Sep 2018 Urban Meyer will be the head coach of Ohio State's football team when it takes the field tomorrow. That's a pity. As Inside Higher Ed reminds us, the decision by…
News Republicans and Democrats agree: America’s colleges are on the wrong track. However… 27 Jul 2018 ...as you might guess, they don't agree on WHY they believe that's the case. As the Chronicle of Higher Education notes, Of Republican respondents who disapprove of high education’s path,…
News Mike Pence isn’t the president yet, and the left has dynamite at the ready? 21 May 201721 May 2017 I came across a National Review article the other day. My first reaction was to scoff at it. Its premise: The left was already lighting dynamite sticks and preparing to…
News It’s only a matter of time before Brian Williams is off the NBC News anchor desk 7 Feb 20156 Feb 2015 Drip. Drip. Drip. Each day adds to the pressure on NBC News executives to do something about Brian Williams. Yes, an internal investigation is taking place; but even if it…
News A few takeaways from a two-week academic seminar 17 Jan 201516 Jan 2015 Now it's time to assess and process. Two weeks of guest speakers, site visits, readings, and conversations came to a close yesterday as The Washington Center's academic seminar ended. Washington…
News RNC top boss, to his party: Cool down the anti-immigration rhetoric 18 Mar 2014 The Washington Times reports that RNC chair Reince Priebus believes that it's time for his party's members to carefully watch what they say about illegal immigrants. A year after the Republican…
