Author: Mike LaChance

Mike LaChance

Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.

Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Daily Caller, Breitbart, Gateway Pundit, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet.

Mike is a Generation X, New England lifer who describes his political views as conservative and libertarian.

You can find him on Twitter @MikeLaChance33

U. Maryland Baltimore Creates Guide for ‘Talking to Kids About Whiteness’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2018 0 Comments

"All white people are white in the context of a society that continues to disadvantage people of color"...

CU Boulder Expands Program Which Brings Conservative Profs to Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2018 0 Comments

"growth stems from an increase in the amount of strong candidates applying for the position"...

Five Bands to Listen to on St. Patrick’s Day

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2018 29 Comments

Happy St. Patrick's Day! If you have a chance to celebrate the holiday today, you may want to add some music to the experience. I am a longtime fan of Irish music and I'm happy to provide a few recommendations.

Pro-Life Students Win Trigger Warning Battle With Ohio’s Miami University

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2018 0 Comments

"decision comes after the university’s SFL group filed a suit"...

An Inconvenient Truth Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2018 2 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

College Republicans President Resigns Rather Than Apologize for Free Speech Display

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 16, 2018 5 Comments

“I don’t feel like stepping back on free speech is the way to go”...

CA Teacher Placed on Leave After Asking if School Would Allow Student Walkout Over Abortion

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 16, 2018 29 Comments

Schools all over the country allowed students to participate in walkouts to protest and demand gun control. But what would happen if students wanted to stage a walkout to protest something like abortion? Would the politics of such a demonstration be equally accepted? California high school teacher Julianne Benzel posed this question to her class. Now she has been placed on leave.

Poll: College Presidents Know Liberal Bias is Hurting Public Support for Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 16, 2018 0 Comments

Will they do anything to change it?...

Cornell Student: Academia in Social Sciences is a “Circle-Jerk for Nerds”

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 16, 2018 3 Comments

"fancy accoutrement for privileged pedants"...

Professor Boots Student from Class for Saying There Are Only Two Genders

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2018 51 Comments

The progressive left's views on gender are not compatible with science. We covered this story in a recent quick take but more details have become available. A student named Lake Ingle was recently ejected from a religion class by a feminist professor for arguing that biologists only recognize two genders.