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Walz Makes ‘Knucklehead’ Suggestion to Abolish Electoral College. Here’s Why We Should Keep It.
The polls must be looking bad for Democrats because they appear to be restarting their campaign to abolish the Electoral College. A few left-wing journalists have whined about the Electoral College during the presidential campaign this year. But now Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, finally has decided to publicly air his grievance… -
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FOR SHAME: On Anniversary of Oct. 7, College Students Celebrate Rape, Kidnapping, and Slaughter of Jews
As the civilized world mourns the first anniversary of the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust—and prays for the release of the more the 100 hostages, including four Americans, still being held by Palestinian jihadists in terrorism tunnels—American college campuses are rife with celebrations of Hamas’ atrocities. On Oct. 7, 2023, Iran-backed Hamas militants… -
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One Year Since Oct. 7: Despite Campus Unrest, Freethinking Young Journalists Are Rising to Occasion
A full year after the devastating Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel by Hamas, the consequences for Israel have been significant, with an ongoing war of survival still raging within the Gaza Strip and northern Israel. The ramifications of the attacks were also felt across the United States in the months that followed. Many elite American… -
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With Good Reason, More Americans Are Skipping College
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Is college still worth it? According to Newsweek, millions of Americans are just saying “no.” Why? Because, according to a new poll, many see universities as a place where political agendas replace useful skills, and they walk away… -
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Did Elite Colleges Lie to the Supreme Court or Are They Breaking the Law Today?
When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its monumental decision in 2023 telling colleges and universities that “yes,” they did have to comply with the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment in their admissions policies, the question immediately arose of whether they would comply or cheat. With the latest admission numbers from schools such as… -
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What a Federal Appeals Court Gets—but the University of Louisville Doesn’t—on Transgender Issues
It’s genuinely amazing how quickly one’s whole life can change. Seven years ago, I was in my 14th year as chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. I’d worked with many dedicated colleagues to build a strong and respected program. My prior three annual… -
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EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Probes Why Census Miscounts Boost Democrats in Electoral College, Apportionment
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A key House committee has begun an investigation into Census Bureau overcounts and undercounts that favor Democrats in awarding congressional apportionment and Electoral College votes. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., wrote Census Bureau Director Robert Santos on Wednesday to inquire about its communications about the overcounts and undercounts… -
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Students at Prestigious DC University Call for Intifada
Students have returned to their college campuses for classes, clubs, and, if you’re a student at Georgetown University in D.C., maybe a protest or two. Several hundred pro-Palestine protesters marched through Georgetown University Wednesday evening shouting “there is only one solution, intifada revolution.” “Intifada” is an Arabic word meaning “shaking off” or “uprising” and, as… -
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University Finally Removes Michael Knowles Condemnation From Homepage After Defamation Threat
The University of Buffalo condemned conservative commentator, author, and Daily Wire media host Michael Knowles for over a year on the website for its Department of Media Study apparently based on the false premise that he had called for genocide against transgender people. Knowles says the false claim represents the Left's attempt to justify political… -
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In With Teacher Apprenticeships, Out With Colleges of Education
Two persistent problems beset American schools. First, teachers must leave the classroom and become administrators or counselors to earn above the standard teacher salary. Second, colleges of education can’t prepare new teachers nearly as well as an apprenticeship under a veteran teacher who has consistently demonstrated mastery of the craft. Thankfully, K-12 education can rework… -
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Columbia University President Resigns, but School’s Troubles With Leftist Protesters Far From Over
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, in office for just over a year, announced Wednesday that she would resign her position amid continuing backlash over anti-Israel demonstrations on campus. Shafik had been a holdout who remained at the helm of a university after she and other school presidents appeared in a series of House hearings this… -
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Endorses US Campus Protests as Part of ‘Resistance Front’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei praised pro-Palestinian protesters across American college campuses for being “on the right side of history” in an open letter Wednesday to university students. In an X post, Khamenei said college protesters “have begun an honorable struggle” against the American government, which “openly supports Zionists.” He encouraged American students to “become familiar with the… -
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69% of Elites Want to Restrict Voting to College Graduates Only
New polling from Scott Rasmussen reveals that America’s elite 1%—those with high incomes, urban residences, and postgraduate degrees—are significantly out of step with the rest of the country on a range of issues. It’s a troubling trend for America, and it doesn’t bode well for our future considering the elite 1% occupy many of the… -
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Let’s Put Suspension or Expulsion Back on Table for Violent College Students
Colleges are considering suspensions and expulsions for students who vandalized campuses and committed violence over the past month. These consequences are entirely appropriate—and overdue. School officials in North Carolina are even reallocating more funds to campus safety. What took so long? The answer may help prevent violent riots on campuses in the future. MIT officials recently announced they were… -
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The Most Dangerous People in America: College Professors
American college campuses are permeated with corrupted professors who themselves corrupt students. Without a doubt, college professors are the most dangerous people in America. They’re not dangerous because they challenge the status quo or encourage their students to think critically. On the contrary, they are dangerous because they encourage impressionable young college students to adhere… -
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PolitiFact Shames Talk of ‘Outside Agitators’ in College Protests
You can tell when the PolitiFact website is going to negotiate around the facts. On May 7, its top headline on the homepage asked: “Are ‘outside agitators’ co-opting campus protests?” This isn’t quite the right question. The media have presented these events as “student” protests, so if half the participants aren’t college students, how would… -
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Columbia University Succumbs to the Mob, Cancels Graduation Ceremony
Columbia University caved to the mob and let the unruly anti-Israel radicals on campus win. Last week, Columbia President Minouche Shafik finally allowed the NYPD to clear the campus grounds of protesters after a group of them violently took over and occupied a building called Hamilton Hall. But that wasn’t the end of this mess…. -
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Blame University Administrators for the Uber Eats Campus Revolutionaries
The revolution will be catered. That’s what an anti-Israel student activist at Columbia University seemed to be saying in a video that went viral on social media Tuesday. Columbia Ph.D. candidate Johannah King-Slutzky, who is studying “theories of the imagination & poetry as interpreted through a Marxian lens”—yes, this is real—went on camera and demanded… -
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Amid Pro-Palestine Protests, These Fraternity Brothers Prove Patriotism Endures at US Colleges
A scene Tuesday at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill proves that patriotism isn’t dead on all American college campuses. While an American flag was hoisted up the tall flagpole in the middle of the UNC campus, students chanted “USA, USA, USA” and later burst into a rendition of the national anthem. The… -
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K-12 ‘Action Civics’ Trained Students Encamped on College Campuses. Here’s What Parents Need to Know.
Parents asking why their college student’s graduation is canceled this year need only remember when their child was in high school. K-12 schools have been training students to disrupt the systems around them for years through the teaching of “action civics,” which primes students to be activists even if it deprives them of understanding if,…