Bookworm Beat 4/27/24: the academia run amok meme edition
We here at the Bookworm Room always knew what was being planted in academia, but even we didn’t know just how ugly that crop would be.
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Tag: Universities
The Wuhan virus has accelerated existing trends
The Wuhan virus has sped up existing processes, such as hastening inevitable deaths, changing the business world, and exposing the left. You’ve probably read that 94% of Wuhan virus deaths happened to people who already had compromised health, whether from extreme age or diseases that were already putting stress on
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The reason behind corporations for abortion
Tom Cotton reminds us that too many corporations are brutally pro-abortion — a sickness that begins in America’s institutions of higher indoctrination. I learned at Ace of Spades that Sen. Tom Cotton (R. Arkansas) delivered a powerful speech today about the way in which corporations are using their wealth and
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Bookworm Beat 12/3/18 — the “Paris is burning” edition and open thread
Even as Paris burns, America’s media and other Democrat establishments demand that America institute the socialist policies that are destroying Europe. Paris burns — and the people call for Trump. The mainstream media truly believes in global leadership. Trump’s desire to be America’s, rather than following in his predecessor’s footsteps
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Fight academia’s obsession with race, sex, and sexual orientation
Edward Blum understands America’s promise and, to that end, he is fighting hard against academia’s obsession with race, sex, and sexual orientation. One of my Little Bookworms is applying for college. Since this Little Bookworm is open-minded about majors, school size, and geographic location, we’re applying to a lot of
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Answering the question: Why in the world do [insert name of group] support Democrats?
If you want to know why identity groups support Democrats even when doing so is counter to their interests, there’s one reason, and one reason alone…. Practically since the day I started blogging, at which time I revealed myself to be a politically conservative Jew, I’ve regularly been asked the
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[VIDEO] Charlie Kirk challenges the cult mindset at America’s colleges
Charlie Kirk, a leader challenging the monolithic Leftism on college campuses, explains how the focus on superficial diversity hides cultist programming. Last fall, I had the pleasure of hearing a talk by Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA. I wrote about it here. Unlike many in the audience, I
Continue readingHigher education: desperately selling a grossly overpriced, generic product in America
The other night, I attended a college fair with my high schooler. It featured representatives from perhaps 100 different colleges, each of them standing behind their particular space at row upon row of tables. Hundreds of teenagers and their parents milled about, approaching one or another table to get the
Continue readingWhat are the obligations educational institutions have to young people in the LGBTQ spectrum?
Let’s start with that acronym — LGBTQ. It stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning. There are also adjectives that can precede LGBTQ, such as “Of color,” Black, African American, Asian, Hispanic, Disabled, etc., all of which create their own little sub groups within the LGBTQ group, which is
Continue readingUniversities discover that you reap what you sow
Universities have long been the incubators of climate change hysteria. They teach anthropogenic climate change there with the same certainty that they teach accounting principles. There is no room for debate. Students graduate as true believers. But what happens when the students discover that their teachers are hypocrites? They go
Continue readingToo much education makes people economically dumb
I’m not boasting when I say that I move in very rarefied circles. It’s a fact that became glaringly obvious to me today when I started reaching out to legal colleagues via LinkedIn. I’m launching a new business enterprise, and those connections will be useful. For those unfamiliar with it,
Continue readingA matched set about the PC train wreck that is California’s higher education system
California used to have the finest public education system in America. It wasn’t lack of funding that killed it; it was Leftist corruption and insanity. Don’t believe me? Read these two articles. From Bruce Kesler: Important Report On The Sinkhole That Is Higher Education From Donald Douglas: California State Colleges
Continue readingYouth unemployment – where does it lead?
As we settle into the Obama Depression era, one thing that I and others have noticed is that many of the very youth that voted enthusiastically for Obama are the ones already feeling the consequence of his policies: they are unemployed. As one of my college-age kids put it, “our
Continue readingWhy I argue with my husband about the virtues of four years at an American University *UPDATED*
My husband and I frequently debate the virtue of sending our children off to a costly four year university (assuming, of course, that they are admitted). I’m agin’ it, because I think it’s insane to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars so that ones child can listen to this type
Continue readingIowahawk on the Harvard factor
The language is blue, but don’t let that stop you. Read it. Read it all. My favorite line, incidentally, is this one: Despite her underprivileged background Professor Kagan rose to the challenge and graduated magna cum laude, an honor reserved for the top 89% of Harvard Law alumni. Right there
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