Post Tagged 'academia'

August 18, 2011

Krugman: Aliens Worth More to Economy than Men and Women (VIDEO)

Paul Krugman made the mistake of over-sharing this past weekend when he told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria he thinks that the United States economy would benefit from a military build-up to fight made-up space aliens. Continue Reading...

August 02, 2011

The Number One Failure of Modern Economics

In a recent Reuters opinion column, Mark Thoma faults academic economists for their failure to predict the housing crash. He says their failure can be attributed to the disconnect between academia and economic forecasters. Continue Reading...

August 02, 2011

Immigration, the Free Market, and the Importance of Human Dignity

Immigration is never a light topic to discuss, and even the proposition of a solution to the effects caused by immigration might well be considered radical. The idea of a harmonious multicultural society is idealistic, but in reality, is very difficult to achieve. Continue Reading...

July 25, 2006

More on Secularism and Universities

Just a brief note addition to Kevin’s post: the free article from May’s Touchstone magazine is Terence O. Moore’s feature, “Not Harvard Bound.” A key quote: The elite schools no longer command the reverence and deference of red-state America. Continue Reading...

July 25, 2006

Secular Universities in Decline?

In his New York Times column this week, Peter Steinfels has an insightful analysis of an intriguing and provocative new book by C. John Sommerville, The Decline of the Secular University. Continue Reading...

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