Hmm, I wondered what started around 2014-2015?
New book on cancelled professors, with a chapter by yours truly, just released.
My chapter is titled “I Called an Academic Conference a ‘Woke Joke’ and Ignited a Firestorm.”
Just won the first battle in my fight against DEI at NC State
Two weeks ago, I filed a complaint citing four violations of the UNC System’s policies on institutional neutrality and the ban on compelled speech. The university has now conceded on all four three out of four counts—but they’re saying as little as possible about it. Violation 1: Promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in university and college strategic plans This is by far the most...
“Universities, colleges took prestige and public support for granted. Now they are paying the price”
From Megan McArdle: “Since you know that, let me make a less obvious and probably less welcome point: The left, not the right, picked this fight. Too many institutions set themselves up as the “Resistance” to Trump and tried to make a lot of mainstream political opinions anathematic, while expecting to be protected from backlash by principles such as academic freedom that they were no...
Fighting for Women’s Sports: My Title IX Complaint Against NC State
I’m not your typical Republican. I’m a lifelong atheist who has supported same-sex marriage for nearly four decades. Because of that, I have no issue with trans people. If a guy experiences gender dysphoria and finds that wearing makeup and a dress helps, hey, more power to him (or her, depending on your perspective). However, I do take issue when that same guy competes in women’s sports. My wife...
I’ve declared war on DEI at NC State
My opening salvo is an op-ed in National Review (non-paywalled link), where I outline how NC State is violating UNC System Board of Governors policies on institutional neutrality and compelled speech. Enacted in 2023, these policies marked a significant victory for intellectual freedom in North Carolina’s public universities. The institutional neutrality policy states that no public university...
Iwo Jima at UNC Chapel Hill
One of the comments said “How do I pay for their next kegger?” Turns out there is an epic GoFundMe called Pi Kappa Phi Men Defended their Flag. Throw ’em a Rager; it’s already at $50K and climbing. Here is the description: Commie losers across the country have invaded college campuses to make dumb demands of weak University Administrators. But amidst the chaos, the...
How not to deal with pronouns as a professor
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...
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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