Apparently the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education launched a civil rights investigation at Taft College due to “misgendering”. What horrific events spurred the investigation? The student’s professors tried to use the plural pronouns but didn’t always succeed. It is understandably difficult for someone delivering collegiate-level instruction to remember to refer...
More coverage of my case in the media
The most interesting one appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education (reposted on Medium), where the author argued that activist faculty have screwed themselves. For many years the courts have deferred to academia, but political behavior by faculty and universities during the past couple of decades has resulted in a more interventionist approach: Unfortunately, universities are giving courts...
My op-ed on post-tenure review in NC
Was just published by the Martin Center:
Let’s Actually Reform Post-Tenure Review
Woke Joke Part 7: On to the Supreme Court
The Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled against me 2-1. The ruling was widely seen as substantially restricting the academic freedom of professors in the 4th Circuit (MD, NC, SC, VA and WV); I’ve included links to some media mentions below. The dissenting judge wrote a strong dissent, part of which I’ve quoted: Our job, however, is not to appraise the value of Porter’s speech...
How did gender ideology take over the medical profession so quickly?
I think the best way to answer that question is to talk about the cultural shift that happened in 2020, because transgender ideology and Covid are inextricably linked. Normally, doctors operate by the authority of the professional societies that govern our specific practice. That worked because the individuals in those institutions were reliable, intelligent, and thoughtful. But with Covid in...
Schools in the UK allow students to identify as cats, horses and dinosaurs!
They told us in the US that students identifying as animals was a hoax. If it’s happening in the UK, does anyone really believe it’s not happening here? Difficult as it may be to believe, children at a school in East Sussex were reprimanded last week for refusing to accept a classmate’s decision to self-identify as a cat. The Year 8 pupils were told they would be reported to a senior...
We have to keep fighting back
And this graph shows we can win. It also made me smile:
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Does CardinalGPS LLC exist?
This may seem an odd question, given that their LinkedIn page and website are still live. But a correspondent tipped me off to this: Turns out their Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) was dissolved by the state for failing to file an annual report. Shocking, right? Who would believe that Amy Mulligan and Johnny Shull, the dynamic duo who brought us that astonishing convention chaos, would also...
Books I’ve read lately
Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World Ever wonder about the origins of karaoke machines, anime, the Walkman or Hello Kitty? Great popular culture review of several Japanese inventions, how they came about, and how they swept the world. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History A history of the IRA assassination attempt on Thatcher, when they...
So the NC GOP convention was a complete shitshow, all thanks to CardinalGPS
Back in early spring when I was running for a leadership position in Wake County GOP, I discovered that the party was planning on using an electronic voting system designed by CardinalGPS, a shadowy political consulting firm founded by Johnny Shull and based in Wake County. I was concerned for several reasons: There is no audit trail with electronic voting. Unlike with paper ballots, it is very...