Fire Fareed Zakaria!

No, don't fire him for his petty (and stupid) pattern of plagiarism and hackery. Zakaria should be out for peddling the bullshit global ...

From Psychologists Yoel Inbar and Joris Lammers, New Researh Identifies Left-Wing Professors as Discriminatory Against Conservatives

I voted for Al Gore in 2000, the year I landed at LBCC, but ideological commitments were the farthest thing from my mind. Boy, that was eons...

'The Riffed'

A film production out of Modesto Junior College, " The Crisis Begins ": The documentary " explores the circumstances around G...

The Violent Ideology of Revolutionary Theorist Slavoj Žižek

There's no pullout quotes at John Gray's essay, at the New York Review, " The Violent Visions of Slavoj Žižek ." Read it a...

Sir John Keegan, 1934-2012

A fascinating obituary, at the Telegraph UK, " Sir John Keegan " (via Memeorandum ). I recall just skimming some of his books duri...

James Holmes Charged With 142 Counts, Including 24 Counts of First Degree Murder

At the Los Angeles Times, " James Holmes charged with first-degree murder in theater shootings ." Also at USA Today, " Insani...

University of Colorado Stands by Dr. Lynne Fenton, Psychiatrist Who Treated Aurora Suspect James Holmes

At the Los Angeles Times, " Colorado school officials stand by Holmes' psychiatrist's record ." And check Robert Stacy McC...

13th Victim: Ashley Moser, Mother of 6-Year-Old Victim Veronica Moser-Sullivan, Miscarries After Being Shot in Colorado Massacre

At Telegraph UK, " Colorado Batman shooting claims its 13th victim ." The Colorado cinema massacre has claimed its 13th victim as ...

Neuroscience Ph.D. Program Can Be Isolating, Competitive, and Highly Demanding

At the Los Angeles Times, " Colorado suspect's field of study was rarefied and rigorous ": AURORA, Colo. — James Holmes inhabi...

Progressives Attack Professor Mark Regnerus Over Same-Sex Parenting Research

This is a must-read article from Andrew Ferguson, at the Weekly Standard, " Revenge of the Sociologists ." Folks should read the w...

Suspect James Holmes No Easy Fit for Mass Murderer Profile

Okay, there's a couple of new articles that relate to Colorado suspect James Holmes' acadmic difficulties (which I discussed here  a...

The Diseased Mind of the Rampage Killer

A lengthy essay from Victor Davis Hanson, at PJ Media, " The Demons of the Modern Rampage Killer ." Tonight, I wish to know nothin...

Suspect James Holmes' Rapid Descent

The Wall Street Journal reports, " Suspect's Rapid Descent: Holmes Bought Rifle, Bullets During Month After School Exit ": AUR...

Western Nevada College Professor Requires Students to Masturbate in Order to Pass 'Human Sexuality' Class

And that's bad enough. Students also have to reveal their most private sexual fantasies. See Robert Stacy McCain, " Professor Pervo...

How to Bag the Perfect Husband at College

At London's Daily Mail, " University of Georgia student writes step-by-step guide on how to bag the perfect husband ." One Uni...

Psychology Isn't Science

Just plug in "political science" for "psychology" at the piece, and Alex Berezow might as well be explaining some of the...

The Socialist's Constitution

Progressives are at base socialists in the Marxist mode. They won't admit it, because socialism has been discredited historically; but b...

Would Iran Nuclear Balancing Mean Stability in the Middle East?

I mentioned  that I would update on Kenneth Waltz and Iranian nuclear proliferation when I'd read his full Foreign Affairs piece in hard...

Members of Law-School Class of 2011 Had Little Better Than 50-50 Shot of Landing a Job

But if you graduated from one of the   top   14 law schools you were sitting pretty. See the Wall Street Journal, " Law Grads Face Brut...

Long Beach City College to Abandon Placement Testing for New Incoming Students

This is part of the college's Promise Pathways initiative. Student success at the college is so dismal the administration is willing to ...