Ryan Born, the student who wrote this op-ed for The Princetonian, doesn’t even seem to believe that free speech applies to conservatives.
Speech is free
It seems that, nowadays, cries for “free speech” ring from campus to campus. The term has become quite famous and quite popular. Perhaps it owes its popularity to...
Matt Lewis of the Daily Beast recently wrote about a member of the College Republicans at the University of Minnesota who worked for his wife. Her story is all too familiar:
A Campus Conservative’s Year Facing Anger, Doxing and Intimidation
It cost more than $600,000 for security so that Ben Shapiro could safely...
Let’s play a game. Pretend that a conservative white student approached a liberal black student at an event and said “You’re not welcome here.” What do you think would happen?
Given what we’ve seen unfolding on college campuses in recent years, can anyone blame conservative students for being afraid to speak out?
PJ Media reports:
Conservative Students Fear Intense Backlash for Talking Politics, Study Finds
Conservative students fear the most backlash for sharing their political views, according to a new study conducted by Heterodox...
Mike Adams is a professor in the criminal justice program at UNC-Wilmington with a fascinating political background.
According to his columnist bio at Townhall:
Upon getting his doctorate in 1993, Mike...
This is encouraging news. It also serves as a reminder of how few schools offer such courses.
The College Fix reports:
Princeton to offer class on ‘Intellectual Foundations of Modern Conservatism’
One Princeton University professor, concerned over the deep dearth of opportunities for students at the Ivy League institution to explore the principles underpinning...
Vice President Pence is going to deliver a speech at the Young America’s Foundation conference. He’ll be a hit with this crowd for sure.
From the YAF blog:
Vice President Mike Pence to Address YAF’s National Conservative Student Conference
Young America’s Foundation (YAF) is pleased to announce that Vice President Mike Pence will address...
Politico magazine has a very detailed article on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), for which I was interviewed, Has a Civil Rights Stalwart Lost Its Way?.
The article, written by Ben Schreckinger, addresses several aspects of the SPLC, including its massive accumulation of wealth seemingly beyond its needs. But much of the...
The conservative Australian writer Andrew Bolt was in the news this week due to an incident which produced a viral video. In the footage, Bolt is attacked by two masked Antifa type thugs but hits them right back.
News AU reported:
Protesters get more than they bargain for when Andrew Bolt bashes back
CONTROVERSIAL...
This story is particularly depressing for me because I went to Emerson. I wasn’t very interested in politics back then but I don’t remember the school being anything like this.
The College Fix reports:
Conservative student flees small Boston college after year of harassment
What Lexie Kaufman loves most about Emerson College is its...
It’s not every day that an academic appointment gets praise from conservatives so this is noteworthy.
The Daily Caller reports:
Conservatives Dig The New Harvard Law School Dean
Harvard Law School named professor John Manning as its new dean Tuesday, soliciting praise from conservative...
This is a straight up denial of reality. It’s not conservatives who are running around in black shirts stomping on the rights of others and starting fires on campuses to silence free speech.
Campus Reform reports:
Yale conference compares conservatives...
You have to give this young woman some credit. It takes guts to be such a vocal Trump supporter in this environment.
CNN reports:
Meet the conservative student...
Legal Insurrection isn’t on the list but many other good sites such as the Washington Examiner were unfairly cited.
From Campus Reform:
Harvard pushes list calling conservative websites ‘fake news’
Harvard University recently created a research guide on “fake news” that identifies dozens of respectable conservative websites as “unreliable” or simply “fake” while rating...
The other day I came up with a line I’m pretty happy with.
During an interview with Bill Whittle on NRA TV, I pointed out that I am “The One” at Cornell Law School, where I teach.
Here’s the excerpt:
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It’s not popular to be politically conservative at Cornell University, where I teach at the law school.
A recent study by The Cornell Sun student newspaper documented that 97% of faculty donations at Cornell Univ. went to Democrats, while an analysis by The College Fix showed that eleven departments at...
Based on what we’ve seen in recent years, it’s probably safe to say conservative students are unwelcome on many college campuses but it’s worth noting documentations of this perceived bias.
A new survey about student life at Yale confirms what we already knew.
