Taxpayers are subsidizing college extremism. From: David Harsanyi/Creators. Now Democrats want to go from backing this racket to decreeing that taxpayers should just pay off all these bad choices, creating even greater moral hazard.
🚩 'Equity' grading is the latest educational fad destined to fail. From: Steven Greenhut/Reason. Why work extra hard when you won't be able to get an A? Why try to improve when you won't get worse than a C?
We have a freedom problem. From: Hannah E. Meyers/City-Journal. At Columbia University and elsewhere, a generation of students that takes its liberties for granted behaves shamefully.
👉 Parents try to get tuition refunds and threaten to pull donations in backlash to anti-Israel protests. From: Ross O'Keefe/Washington Examiner. Parents paying for their children to attend elite institutions are getting fed up with universities making it easier for students to spend more time at demonstrations and bystanders getting locked out of their dorms.
The decay of education. From: Armstrong Williams/Daily Signal. The decay in American education is an alarming national security threat.
🎯 College idiots calling for 'Intifada' have no idea how many innocents have died from that word. From: Douglas Murray/NY Post. So although youth and ignorance aren’t any real excuse, perhaps I can educate these students about what they are actually calling for.
The consequences of civility. From: Eric Peters Autos. It is difficult for people who respect civilities to be other-than-civil, even toward uncivilized people. This is a weakness that has led to the widespread incivility of our times.
😮 Wait, how much for a latte? Even high-flying Starbucks is suffering. From: Chicago Tribune Editorial Board. The U.S. consumer is increasingly tapped out, and the effects are being felt in even the strongest, most resilient brands.
“Irrevocably shaken”: Columbia Law Review editors ask for cancellation of exams due to protests. From: Jonathan Turley. Law students need to be able to face such moments without shutting down due to the stress.
👎 The House shouldn't have passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act. From: Andrea Widburg/American Thinker. The government should never, ever be in the business of defining ideas.
Thousands believe COVID vaccines harmed them. Is anyone listening? From: Apoorva Mandavilli/NY Times. All vaccines have at least occasional side effects. But people who say they were injured by Covid vaccines believe their cases have been ignored.
🎯 How taxpayers will heavily subsidize Democrat boots on the ground this election. From: Ben Weingarten/American Greatness. Progressives are using legal loopholes and the power of the federal government to maximize Democrat votes in the 2024 election at taxpayers’ expense.