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Higher Ed Needs Receivership, Not Reform

By John Ellis - Nov. 10, 2025

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By John Ellis – Nov. 10, 2025 – The discrepancy between what we fund the campuses for and what they are doing is enormous. Promotion of knowledge and understanding has given way to inculcation of a poisonous fringe ideology. Students are encouraged to despise their society and kept ignorant of anything that might make them think otherwise. The only viable solution is to place schools in “receivership,” a well-established procedure to reform ailing college departments. A new chairman is imposed on a department with a free hand to make whatever appointments he thinks necessary to restore the department to health. By action of lawmakers or trustees, a new president can be imposed on a campus with a mandate to return the school to its proper mission by appointing subordinate administrators, especially deans, committed to reform. Read More

Jewish History Is the Antidote to Antisemitism

By Eric Cohen - Sept. 23, 2025

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By Eric Cohen – Sept. 23, 2025 – Attacks on Jewish college students provoked a larger national debate about the radicalization of the humanities and anti-American animus that have corrupted so many universities. The confrontation between Israel and its enemies has forced the democratic nations of the world to reckon with—or self-righteously deny—the true costs of defending civilization against barbarism. …The Jews are a thermometer for the moral condition of the Western world and the health of our civic institutions. Read More

Rediscovering Order in an Age of Populism AA

By Mike Pence & Ed Feulner - Summer 2025

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By Mike Pence & Ed Feulner – Summer 2025 – An existential identity crisis now grips the American right. A political movement once united by a commitment to limited government, moral order, and a robust defense of American ideals now appears fractured, its purpose clouded by populist grievances and ideological drift. The urgency of this moment demands a return to first principles, along with a reexamination of what conservatism means and what it seeks to achieve in an age marked by cultural upheaval and political polarization. Read More

America’s Exorbitant Privilege AA

By Paola Sapienza – 10 27 2025

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By Paola Sapienza – 10 27 2025 – We can continue leveraging America’s exorbitant privilege in the global talent market, or we can retreat into protectionism that hands our competitive advantages to countries eager to welcome the talent we reject. If the United States wants to remain the world’s innovation leader, it must continue to welcome those willing to take the leap, cross oceans, and devote their lives to discovery. Our edge is selection from a larger global pool. Closing the door shrinks our innovative future. The choice is openness or stagnation. …In a globally competitive economy, the countries that win will be those that can assemble the best teams, regardless of where team members were born. The United States has spent decades building this capability. We abandon it at our peril—and we certainly shouldn’t abandon it in a way that strangles the startup ecosystem that made it possible in the first place. Read More

Send Harvard’s Chinese Students Home

By Mike Gallagher - Aug. 19, 2025

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By Mike Gallagher – Thousands of Chinese citizens are working and studying in such labs. The U.S. hosted 1.1 million international students last year. Of those, 25% came from China. In 2022 foreign nationals (many of them Chinese) accounted for almost 40% of science doctorates. In AI specifically, nearly 40% of top-tier researchers at U.S. institutions are of Chinese origin. Beijing is aggressively cultivating American-educated and American-employed researchers via the Thousand Talents program. Read More