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Paul Quinn College Institutes Bacon Ban

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:48:20 +0000

Now we can add pork to the list of prohibited substances at certain college campuses. From Inside Higher Ed: There seems to be some misunderstanding that banning something is akin to teaching people about it. If Sorrell wants to educate people about healthy eating habits, he should teach a class on healthy eating habits, or write a book about healthy eating habits, or go out on the streets of…

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Columbia U Will Practice Discriminatory Hiring

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:14:01 +0000

President Lee Bollinger of Columbia University announced a $30 million fund for hiring minority and female faculty. Over at Minding the Campus, Roger Clegg explains why this is manifestly illegal: The gist is that student diversity and faculty diversity are separate matters in the Civil Rights Act, and the courts have treated them as such. Bollinger cannot simply mandate that all new hires be…

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Cyberbullying Not On the Rise, According To Study

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:57:31 +0000

A new study throws cold water on the idea that “cyberbullying” is growing in prevalence and overtaking traditional bullying. In reality, most bullying still happens verbally or physically–not over the Internet or via text messages. According to the study: While it is important for schools to always work toward safer environments for children, it’s worth recognizing that there is no…

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U.S. Olympic Athlete Expelled For Consuming Marijuana

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:24:35 +0000

Nicholas Delpopolo, a U.S. Olympic athlete in Judoka, was expelled from the games and stripped of his 7th place finish after testing positive for marijuana. From the Huffington Post: If anything, one would expect heavy marijuana usage to impair Olympic performance, so this isn’t really akin to taking steroids. As for health risks, even if one accepts the notion that some international gaming…

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Obama Will Create Federal Office For Black Students

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:13:18 +0000

In a blatant move to shore up two vital components of his base–blacks and students–President Obama announced yesterday that he would create a federal office aimed at promoting education for black students. From MSNBC: Of course nothing solves long-running socioeconomic problems as immediately and totally as an executive order. With a simple wave of President Obama’s hand…

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Notre Dame Grad Students Argue Birth Control Mandate Is Good

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:46:51 +0000

What a surprise: Philosophy graduate students who don’t know what “coercion” means. From Inside Higher Ed: But the employees are not forced to work for the university, so it’s hardly coercion. The employer determines the conditions of employment, and the employee has the option of rejecting the terms and leaving the job. Coercion comes into play when an entity must comply with a demand or face…

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The Anti-Occupy Message of Batman

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:56:20 +0000

Rush Limbaugh recently suggested that the makers of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, were pushing a liberal political agenda by giving their villain the same name as Bain Capital, Mitt Romney’s infamous firm. Rush should have watched the movie before criticizing it, because The Dark Knight Rises is anything but liberal. For one thing, the name “Bane” is no snipe at Mitt Romney.

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Chick-fil-A May Be Banned From Boston Because Owner Is Against Gay Marriage

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:48:54 +0000

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told the Boston Herald that he will attempt to prevent restaurant chain Chick-fil-A from opening a location in the city. The reason? Chick-fil-A’s president opposes gay marriage. Here is what Menino had to say: If Chick-fil-A did practice discrimination against its customers, there might be something to this. But although Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy believes…

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Would Gun Control Have Stopped the Batman Shooting?

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:48:24 +0000

In predictable fashion, Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker has placed the moral blame for the shooting on anyone who supports the Second Amendment: Why would anyone think that a law against possessing deadly firearms would have prevented the shooter from possessing deadly firearms? Since James Holmes’ intention was to kill dozens of people–which is against the law–it hardly stands to reason that he…

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Bain Capital Has Absurd Detractors on Both Sides

Robby Soave - Assistant Editor — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:10:59 +0000

All this Bain Capital talk is sure getting annoying, as every member of Team Obama is out to prove that Mitt Romney is still secretly in charge of the company, personally killing off precious American jobs as we speak. Here is the definitive rebuttal to this absurdity, from FactCheck.org: Unfortunately, now someone on the other side of the aisle–Rush Limbaugh–has also made a wildly untrue…

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