June 2022

Some Students Allegedly Choosing Colleges Based on State Abortion Laws

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2022 9 Comments

"Shortly after the decision was leaked several people, including former U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill and activist Amy Siskind, wondered how the decision would affect college students."...

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Biden’s Climate Czarina Wants Big Tech Censorship of Climate-Related Debate

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 15, 2022 59 Comments

Gina McCarthy earns another round of flaming criticism for her approach, which is not based on science but green justice activism....

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University Finds COVID Lockdowns Resulted in Lower Grades

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2022 1 Comment

"The study’s findings were consistent with other data trends surrounding the pandemic isolation."...

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Judge Rules Against Ex-UNL Lecturer Who Claimed School Violated Her Rights After She Harassed Conservative Student Group

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2022 31 Comments

A former lecturer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln named Courtney Lawton sued the school claiming her First Amendment rights to free speech were violated when the school fired her for taking part in a political protest. A judge has disagreed. We covered the incident that sparked this lawsuit.

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Arizona State U. Prof Creates ‘Inclusive’ Biology Lab for LGBT Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2022 7 Comments

"to bring more diversity to a field that has traditionally been dominated by straight white men"...

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‘Old Politics’: Biden Recycles ‘Ultra-MAGA’ Scare Tactics Over Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 15, 2022 28 Comments

"How do you sleep at night knowing you willingly left Americans in Afghanistan?"...

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UCLA Law School Launches Project To Track Anti-Critical Race Theory Efforts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2022 39 Comments

The UCLA CRT Forward Tracking Project appears to be very well-funded, with the ability to use UCLA Law School staff and resources, and reflects the systemic power disparity favoring those promoting CRT....

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Beijing Now Warning of ‘Explosive’ COVID Outbreak

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 14, 2022 33 Comments

For years, Chinese officials bragged about their low levels of COVID. And while the validity of those claims is questionable, the latest outbreak apparently can't be swept under the rug.

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Wholesale Prices Rise Almost 11%, Setting Records

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 14, 2022 28 Comments

If you work in any industry that relies on product, you have are well-versed with our self-inflicted shipping woes, rising cost of goods, the impossibility of getting what's been ordered, outrageous freight, etc. All of which help explain why wholesale price increase have hit new records.

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My American History Tour: Salem, Witch Trials, and Nathaniel Hawthorne

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 14, 2022 18 Comments

A quaint town filled with history and literature!...

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West Africa: At Least 100 Gunned Down in Apparent Islamist Terror Attack

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 14, 2022 19 Comments

"Nearly 5,000 people have died over the last two years in Burkina Faso because of violence blamed on Islamic extremists."...

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The Left is Still Pressing Biden Not Just for Student Debt Cancellation, but ‘Free’ College

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2022 5 Comments

"Democrats have abandoned all efforts to make college tuition free at the federal level."...

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California Regulations Have Helped Kill the Golden Pig

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 14, 2022 34 Comments

Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Vernon closes, and company cites 'escalating costs' and regulations demands as basis for relocation decision....

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Can Ron DeSantis Save Higher Education in America?

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2022 3 Comments

"America’s system of higher education is so dominated by a politicized intellectual monopoly that merely adopting a plan of reform is far from the greatest task we face."...

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National Park Services Renames Yellowstone’s Mount Doane

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 14, 2022 28 Comments

Peak now will be known as First Peoples Mountain. However, still no word on the oil permits being processed by the Department of the Interior....

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Health Fellowship at UC-Berkeley Recruits ‘Underrepresented’ Racial Minorities

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2022 3 Comments

“African American, Native American, Latinx, and Pacific Islander backgrounds”...

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Ukraine: U.S. Quietly Admits It has Funded 46 Biolabs in Ukraine, Kyiv Accuses Macron of Betrayal

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 14, 2022 43 Comments

Russia destroyed all the bridges to Severodonetsk....

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Gibson’s Bakery Wants Ohio Supreme Court To Restore Full Punitive Damage Verdict Against Oberlin College

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2022 28 Comments

The bakery filed papers today asking the Ohio Supreme Court not to hear the college's appeal, and also asking the court also to hear the bakery's cross-appeal to restore the full punitive damage verdict....

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