Dr. I. Caroline Crocker is a cell biologist whose passion is to promote good science, based on impartial evaluation of evidence rather than blind adherence to consensus. According to her, it is vital to the health, prosperity, and even faith of our nation that science be freed from the constraints of financial, political, and religious motives. For this [...]
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Caroline Crocker Interview
November 3, 2011
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Great Teachers: Mary Poplin
August 27, 2011
Mary S. Poplin holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Texas at Austin. A former public-school teacher, she is currently Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Dr. Poplin has come to the attention of those concerned with public education in America for two different reasons. First, as the director [...]
Political Bias in the University Classroom
August 16, 2011
The Contrarian Forum has provided us with a record (here) of a spirited and interesting debate that took place on the campus of the University of Oregon in 2008 on the topic of “Political Bias in the University Classroom.” The debate is between Cary Nelson, Professor of English at the University of Illinois (Urbana/Champaign), and [...]
Six Dangerous Subjects to Debate with Your Professor
July 21, 2011
In the last couple of decades, the university has become quite a different place from its original idea as a hothouse of competing ideas. As philosopher Roger Scruton writes, In many courses in the humanities and social sciences … ideological conformity, rather than critical appraisal, and censorship has become accepted as a legitimate part of [...]
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