Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

For once I agree with a group of college Democrats. A Washington State University assistant professor who used a vulgar racial term during a heated political dispute with Democrat students was “immature” and “thoughtless,” but his actions did not constitute … Continue reading →

Of course, that would be the .17 HRM. (Apologies — for those of you who haven’t read Watchmen, you won’t get the pun unless you go read the book. Or you can wait to see the movie, which will probably … Continue reading →

The Seattle School District is actually teaching their students something. About the Free Market. Seattle high schools soon will be reimbursed for the money they’ve lost as a result of the school district’s two-year-old ban on junk food in vending machines. … Continue reading →

But not this one ever. That is the message that was sent by the Associated Students Group at San Francisco State University last week when they condemned the SF State College Republicans for burning the flags of terrorist groups Hamas … Continue reading →

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer comes out as pro-racism in the Editorial Board’s column on the case currently in front of the SCOTUS that questions the Seattle School District’s use of race as a mitigating factor in school choice decisions. We hope … Continue reading →

…well, you know: There is a theory that says that the process of institution building by outsiders will consist in the building of some sort of a structure, its apparent collapse when the foreigners leave, and the emergence of something … Continue reading →

I’ve spoken about the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) test here before. It is basically a state approved standardized test at the 10th grade level that all students must pass before they can pass. They get multiple tries per … Continue reading →

But I’m just not seeing what they speak of.  In yet another well-timed report from a leftist group that favors Democrats (but don’t call them biased, dammit!), the ACLU has just released their Congressional Scorecard. Just as the Reporters Without Borders … Continue reading →