Category: Education

Atheist Dawkins: Gov’t Must Protect Children From Religious Parents

March 7, 2015

By Selwyn Duke Freedom of religion is a right treasured by many Westerners. But then there are those people who want freedom from religion — and atheism point-man Richard Dawkins is among them. In fact, not content just purging faith from public institutions, the biologist turned irreligious bad boy is now taking aim at families.…
Orwell in the Classroom: University Spends Money to Stifle Speech

February 13, 2015

By Selwyn Duke The program may seem “crazy” to many, but don’t you dare call it that. Because this is just one of many words and phrases that Orwellian social engineers at the University of Michigan deem are, well, not at all doubleplusgood. It’s part of a sensitivity-oriented “Inclusive Language Campaign” (ILC) at the public…
China in the Classroom: How the Reds Are Reaching American Students’ Minds

February 12, 2015

By Selwyn Duke The university was prohibited by an arm of the Chinese Ministry of Education from hiring a professor who would discuss Tibet. So, instead, a classical Chinese poetry chairman who wouldn’t dare broach the topic was retained. Of course, this type of state control of teaching isn’t unusual in superficially Marxist and un-officially…
Little Boy Suspended for Pretending to Have Lord of the Rings Magical Powers

February 5, 2015

By Selwyn Duke Nine-year-old Aiden Steward told a schoolmate he could make him disappear with his magic ring. It was an idea the wee lad got after watching The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies the weekend before last. But the only one who disappeared was Aiden. His unauthorized exercise of imagination inspired school…
California Common Core: Kids Graded on “Gratitude,” “Sensitivity to Others”

February 2, 2015

By Selwyn Duke The United States may be producing only one-tenth as many scientists as does China, but if California is any guide, Americans may soon excel in at least one area: “sensitivity.” That is, as defined by modern educational overlords. It’s all part of the new standards of Common Core, the controversial education program…
Crazy on Campus: U.S. Colleges — Where Truth Is Always Stranger Than Fiction

January 28, 2015

By Selwyn Duke “There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,” noted 1984 author George Orwell. Yet even he might be surprised at what passes for scholarship at today’s American colleges. And many parents certainly would be shocked to learn what their $35,000 to $120,000 — the current average public/private…
U.K. Christian School to be Shut Down After Gov’t Brands Students “Bigots”

January 27, 2015

By Selwyn Duke The government officials allegedly asked 10-year-old students what lesbians “did.” Another bureaucrat queried a young boy on what a Muslim was. And, apparently, they didn’t get the answers they wanted. Because one Christian school is now being actively monitored by the state — and another is going to be shut down. The…
Shut-up, White Boy! Professors: White Men Should Speak Last

January 21, 2015

By Selwyn Duke We look to a day when people will not be judged by the content of their character, but by the color of their skin. And the configuration of their chromosomes. This seems the hope of a panel of professors and activists at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, assembled to improve…
Punishing Success: Basketball Coach Suspended for Beating Opponents Too Badly

January 20, 2015

By Selwyn Duke Athletic coaches have sometimes been fired for failing to forge winning teams. But now we hear about a high-school girls’ basketball coach who has been suspended for being victorious. The victim of his own success is California resident Michael Anderson, now serving a two-game suspension because his team was too good. As…
PEGIDA, Le Pen, Fascism, and Media Ignorance

January 15, 2015

By Selwyn Duke “You’re a fascist!” “You’re a racist, sexist, bigoted homophobe!” Media bias often leads to the thoughtless hurling of names, but reporters can’t help but exhibit a negative bias when they don’t know what the names mean in the first place. A good example is the reportage on Europe’s burgeoning anti-Islamization movements, such…

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