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Michael Gibson
Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University
Ashland, Ore.: Blackstone Publishing, 2022
It is no secret that American universities are torpid, decaying institutions mired in corruption, stagnation, and bureaucracy. Despite their bloated endowments and grandiose mission statements, they have failed at the most basic level. (more…)
Graffito in a University of Lyon classroom during the 1968 student revolts.
Graffito in a University of Lyon classroom during the 1968 student revolts.
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“Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae” — Motto of Harvard University
In a previous Counter-Current essay, I asserted that “universities are the fons et origio of much of our current misery.” For a little taste of it, click on this UC Berkeley link. (more…)
Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University who owns an $11.7 million apartment in New York City, thinks that affirmative action needs to continue for “generations” and that Hillary Clinton is “exceptional.”
Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University who owns an $11.7 million apartment in New York City, thinks that affirmative action needs to continue for “generations” and that Hillary Clinton is “exceptional.”
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“A fish rots from the head down.”
Perhaps an old Turkish proverb; it has also been attributed to Erasmus, written in a Greek text.
A literal translation of it would be an encouragement to point the long, boney finger of accusation at the leadership of an organization or society when it begins to stink of incompetence, corruption, and degeneracy.
If one were to take a deep breath, it would be difficult in this post-George Floyd era of mandatory black-people worship not to inhale the pungent odors of institutional rot and decomposition. So, then, where to look to find the head of the rotting fish? (more…)
Some students in a Women’s Studies class at the University of Wisconsin, where an undergraduate degree costs approximately $110,000 for state residents, according to the university’s own website.
Some students in a Women’s Studies class at the University of Wisconsin, where an undergraduate degree costs approximately $110,000 for state residents, according to the university’s own website.
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Student loan forgiveness has been in the headlines quite a bit lately. One of the articles is “Warren urges Biden to cancel student loan debt before midterms” by CBS News. Although Pocahontas is a legislator and surely must be aware of the separation of powers doctrine, she curiously takes the position that the student loans may be erased if Resident Bidet decrees it so. (more…)
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Expert: “A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area.”
Begging the question: “The fallacy of begging the question occurs when an argument’s premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it.” (more…)
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When I first began frequenting Counter-Currents, I was working at a university as a “writing consultant,” which — stripping away the fancy-sounding title — meant that I was a tutor, or “paper doctor,” as I called it. And as a “paper doctor,” my professional diagnosis was usually that the assignments themselves were lousy — dead on arrival. (more…)
Mohamed Noor, the ex-Minneapolis cop whose murder conviction for the killing of a white woman, Justine Ruszczyk Damond, was just overturned.
Mohamed Noor, the ex-Minneapolis cop whose murder conviction for the killing of a white woman, Justine Ruszczyk Damond, was just overturned.
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College: No Place for White Males
In both the United States and England, white males are seeing their college enrollment numbers drop while women and racial minorities are making gains. (more…)
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Editor’s note: Unfortunately, Mark Gullick is unable to contribute at present due to his current detention in Central America. Doing charity work and, you know, what have you. However, Counter-Currents is proud to be able to publish an excerpt from the working diary of Oxbridge University’s Diversity, Inclusivity, Pride, Solidarity, Heteronegativity, Indigenousness, and Transexuality Directrix, Suki Mombasa. (more…)
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When I was but a wee beardless prepubescent male in the 1960s, there was to be no questioning of the immutable fact that not only was the USA the greatest country in the world at that time, it was the greatest country the world had ever seen. This was a truth that was held to be self-evident by nearly everyone, and if you dared to disagree, you risked a beating. (more…)
Vandalized mural in Buckhead, Atlanta
Vandalized mural in Buckhead, Atlanta
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Dr. Donald Moss looks like the sort of phenotypically Caucasian person who postures as an expert on race but is so utterly clueless about race, he probably doesn’t realize that he’s the type of easy-to-spot weakling (more…)
Rockwell speaks at Michigan State University
Rockwell speaks at Michigan State University
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At the invitation of a student group at Michigan State University, George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party, came to the campus in East Lansing to address the students in 1967. No reported incidents. It was just another typical day on a typical American university campus. Imagine today the violence and vandalism (more…)
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Andrew Roberts is a renowned conservative, Visiting Fellow at Stanford University, and Visiting Professor at King’s College London, who believes that everyone in the world can be educated to love the democratic values of Western civilization. If only blacks and immigrants were taught to appreciate the immense value of Greek (more…)