Latest Essays
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NFL Owners Begone
Read more: NFL Owners BegoneAre we ready to get rid of NFL owners yet? Watching a third-generation nepo-baby wander the Colts sideline second-guessing plays has done it for some. Yes, women heading traditional male institutions is supposed to be of historical importance. That is woke nonsense in respect to…
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Franke: College Woes
Read more: Franke: College Woesby Mark Franke Lately, Cornell University has been getting a lot of press of the kind it really doesn’t want. What may have been missed in all these headlines is a news article several weeks ago about Cornell’s releasing a…
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Watts: The New ‘Consent-based’ Rules of Sex
Read more: Watts: The New ‘Consent-based’ Rules of Sexby Tyler Watts, Ph.D. Several years ago I was teaching at a small Christian college in a conservative corner of a red southern state. All faculty were required to attend a Title IX training session regarding sex-based discrimination and related…
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McGowan: Hooray for Historical Markers
Read more: McGowan: Hooray for Historical Markersby Richard McGowan, Ph.D I traveled back to my childhood hometown, Shoreham, New York, for the Fourth of July celebrations this year. From the town’s western border, the Long Island Sound, I could — and did — use my cell phone…
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The Downtown Vision Thing
Read more: The Downtown Vision ThingPotemkin village, noun: an impressive facade designed to hide an undesirable fact or condition. The promise of downtown redevelopment has a lot to do with advancing political narratives, plus selling overpriced consultation, depressed real estate and tons and tons of rebar and concrete.…


