Archive for October, 2009

Sigh…it used to be known as a serious university

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Mary Grabar

Even at the University of Chicago, a place known for serious study as far back as the 1990s, long after the Ivys had succumbed to the intellectual vacuity of political correctness.  
Chicago Tribune story via Pamela Geller.
History reminder: The universities of Germany were hothouses of Anti-Semitism in the 1930s.

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Hip-Hop Professor Off Fox News, Kudos to Cliff

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Mary Grabar

 Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media has managed to get hip-hop professor commie Marc Lamont Hill off Fox News.  I winced every time I heard O’Reilly call Hill “professor” or “doctor.”  You can read about “Professor” Hill’s background and “scholarship” at the AIM website www.aim.org.
An update and more analysis http://usasurvival.org/listmanager/asinews101809.html

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Reading Mao is NOT the same as praising him, CNN.

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Mary Grabar

More moral equivalency by CNN in reporting on the Glenn Beck segment that exposed White House Communications Director Anita Dunn’s commencement speech for St. Andrews Episcopal School at the National Cathedral; there she praised Mao Tse-Tung and Mother Theresa as her “heroes.”  The CNN article uses Media Matters as a source to say that Republicans [...]

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Nice work…if you can get it.

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Mary Grabar

Inside Higher Ed reports Stimulus for Humanities Job Market.  A newly minted Ph.D. can earn a nice $50,000 a year salary, with a $5,000 research stipend, health insurance, and moving expenses—for teaching 3 classes all year.  Such an award of course will vaunt the new Ph.D. into the coveted position of tenure—which for the politically [...]

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No critical, or real, thinking from the Board of Regents

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Mary Grabar

Not less than a month after ACTA gave the University of Georgia a “B” for maintaining a core curriculum, the Board of Regents has announced plans to water down it down.  As I noted in my Pajamas Media column, today’s teachers can turn English 101 into an indoctrination session (and most do to a certain [...]

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