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City Journal Delves into the Crisis of Liberal Education Sept. 22, 2024 Discussing Which Way the University?, a symposium on higher education in the United States Real Clear Politics PDF version
Jonathan Turley: The Struggle for and Promise of Free Speech Sept. 1, 2024 Discussing The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage by Jonathan Turley Real Clear Politics PDF version
In Search of Liberals of a More Liberal Persuasion July 28, 2024 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Campus Indoctrination’s Costs Outweigh Unintended Benefits July 21, 2024 Real Clear Politics PDF version Roots of and Remedies to America’s Illiberal Education July 7, 2024 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Antisemitism of the Left June 23, 2024 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Confronting the Woke-Left and Jihad-Enthusiast Alliance May 26, 2024 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Columbia Lawlessness Springs from Free-Speech Hypocrisy May 3, 2024 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Harvard Should Reject the DEI Version of Diversity Apr. 28, 2024 Discussing "McKinsey’s Diversity Matters/Delivers/Wins Results Revisited" by Jeremiah Green and John R. M. Hand Real Clear Politics PDF version
Derek Bok's Flawed Diagnosis of Harvard's Ailments Apr. 14, 2024 Discussing "Why Americans Love to Hate Harvard" by Derek Bok Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Public Interest Fellowship in Israel Mar. 17, 2024 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Anti-Americanism Fans the Flames of 'The New Antisemitism' Mar. 10, 2024 Discussing "The New Antisemitism" by Noah Feldman Real Clear Politics PDF version
Harvard’s Crisis Stems from Debased Curriculum Feb. 18, 2024 Discussing "Reaping What We Have Taught" by Harry Lewis Real Clear Politics PDF version
Higher Education Reform, Civic Thought, and Liberal Education Feb. 11, 2024 Discussing "Follow the Left’s Example to Reform Higher Ed" by Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey Real Clear Politics PDF version
Hamas, PA, and UNRWA Educate Gaza Schoolchildren for Jihad Jan. 7, 2024 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Oxford Scholars Betray Their Vocation to Vilify Israel Dec. 10, 2023 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Colonialism Slander in the State Department and Beyond Dec. 2, 2023 Discussing Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar Real Clear Politics PDF version
Campus Dysfunction Easy To Recognize, Difficult To Cure Nov. 26, 2023 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Antisemitism, Multiculturalism, and Barbarism Nov. 19, 2023 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The General Education Act Renews Liberal Education in America Nov. 12, 2023 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Disfiguring Prism of Oppressor and Oppressed Oct. 29, 2023 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Campus Backing of Hamas Condemns U.S. Higher Education Oct. 20, 2023 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Galston-Rufo Debate Illuminates Liberal Education Sep. 24, 2023 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Christopher Rufo Examines CRT’s Roots and Reach July 16, 2023 Discussing America’s Cultural Revolution by Christopher Rufo Real Clear Politics PDF version
Censorship Wounds Worse Than Words July 2, 2023 Discussing A Heretic's Manifesto by Brendan O’Neill Real Clear Politics PDF version
Journalism, Universities, and the Containment of Ideology Jan. 15, 2023 Discussing Ideological Fixation by Azar Gat Real Clear Politics PDF version
Fidelity to Our Founding Principles Requires Conserving the Constitution Oct. 16, 2022 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Progressives See Extremism Only on the Other Side Oct. 2, 2022 Discussing A Crisis Coming by David Leonhardt Real Clear Politics PDF version
Claremont McKenna Circumvents Due Process To Curtail Speech Sept. 25, 2022 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Folly of Brilliance Sept. 2022 A review of Professor of Apocalypse by Jerry Z. Muller Commentary PDF version
In Appreciation of Harvey Mansfield at 90 July 10, 2022 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Cornell, Due Process, and Liberal Education June 12, 2022 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The West’s War on the West Apr. 24, 2022 Discussing The War on the West by Douglas Murray Real Clear Politics PDF version
"The Elements of the China Challenge": Response and Restatement April 8, 2022 In China: A Symposium The American Purpose PDF version
A symposium featuring "The Elements of the China Challenge": Response and Restatement April 8, 2022 The American Purpose PDF version
'Natcons,’ Progressive Elites, and Illiberal Overreach Feb. 18, 2022 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Debate Over 'Common-Good Conservatism' Jan. 16, 2022 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Race, Justice, and the Old-Fashioned Liberal Spirit Dec. 12, 2021 Discussing Woke Racism by John McWhorter Real Clear Politics PDF version
Responsibly Championing Human Rights Nov. 21, 2021 Real Clear Politics PDF version
An Open Letter to Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken Oct. 31, 2021 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Michael Sandel’s Vain Quest for the Common Good Oct. 17, 2021 A review of The Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel The Washington Free Beacon PDF version
America's Long-Running Conversation About Race and Justice July 13, 2021 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Dershowitz's Lesson in Cultivating Respect for Free Speech June 27, 2021 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Civic Action, Civil Discourse & the Dogma of Systemic Racism June 13, 2021 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Civic-Education Battles May 30, 2021 Real Clear Politics PDF version
An Open Letter to Swarthmore President Valerie Smith May 2, 2021 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Bolstering the Abraham Accords Through Education Initiatives Mar. 21, 2021 Real Clear Politics PDF version
A Conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Peter Berkowitz on Unalienable Rights Oct. 2020 Uncommon Knowledge, with Peter Robinson
Rediscovering Western Civilization Mar. 15, 2020 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Capitalism, Socialism, And Freedom Feb. 24, 2020 The Hoover Institution
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1619, and Respecting the Facts of America's Founding Feb. 19, 2020 Real Clear Politics
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America's Proud Legacy of Liberty Dec. 28, 2019 Discussing Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea by Richard Brookhiser Real Clear Politics
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Fukuyama’s ‘The End of History?’ -- 30 Years Later Aug. 4, 2019 Real Clear Politics
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A Delusive Assurance That All Is Well on Campus July 5, 2019 Real Clear Politics
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Conservatism and the Repair of the Republic June 29, 2019 Discussing The Death of Politics by Peter Wehner Real Clear Politics PDF version
Liberalism in the Progressive -- and in the Larger -- Sense June 8, 2019 Discussing A Thousand Small Sanities by Adam Gopnik Real Clear Politics PDF version
Harvard's Latest Enfeeblement of Liberal Education May 25, 2019 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Can the Federal Government Rescue Campus Free Speech? Mar. 31, 2019 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Most Politically Intolerant Americans Mar. 21, 2019 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Creating an Ivory Tower Welcoming to Conservatives Feb. 23, 2019 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Colleges' Transformed Mission Misses the Mark Feb. 15, 2019 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Conservatism and the People Winter 2019 City Journal PDF version
Liberal Education as an Antidote to Identity Politics Nov. 25, 2018 Real Clear Politics PDF version
2018 Wriston Lecture: The Conservative Challenge in a Populist Moment Oct. 30, 2018 Manhattan Institute PDF version
Duke Erodes Liberal Education June 2, 2018 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Liberal Education and Liberal Democracy Apr. 20, 2018 A revised and expanded version of the 2018 Scalia Lecture The Weekly Standard PDF version
Vilifying Israel, Corrupting the University Apr. 14, 2018 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Colleges' Central Mission Erodes -- and Free Speech With It Apr. 7, 2018 Discussing Speak Freely by Keith Whittington Real Clear Politics PDF version
The 2018 Justice Antonin Scalia Lecture Feb. 5, 2018 Delivered at Harvard Law School
What Colleges Must Do to Promote Diversity -- of Thought Oct. 12, 2017 Discussing Free Speech on Campus by Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman Real Clear Politics PDF version
What’s the Point of a Liberal Education? Don’t Ask the Ivy League Sept. 16, 2017 Wall Street Journal PDF version
Campus Declarations of War on Free Speech Aug. 4, 2017 A response to Commentary's summer symposium, "Is Free Speech Under Threat?" Real Clear Politics PDF version
A Heretic at Duke Divinity School May 21, 2017 [Print edition: May 22, 2017] Wall Street Journal PDF version
The Task of the Public Intellectual Apr. 19, 2017 2017 Bradley Prize Remarks Defining Ideas PDF version
A Lawsuit Accuses Yale of Censoring Even Inoffensive Ideas Apr. 3, 2017 Wall Street Journal PDF version
Yale Lawsuit Spotlights Title IX, Sexual Assault 'Hysteria' Mar. 5, 2017 Real Clear Politics PDF version
It’s Racial Indoctrination Day at an Upscale Chicagoland School Feb. 17, 2017 Wall Street Journal PDF version
Trump's Rise, Elites' Fall, Rot at the Top in Higher Ed Feb. 10, 2017 Real Clear Politics PDF version
How State Lawmakers Can Restore Freedom on Campus Jan. 30, 2017 Wall Street Journal PDF version
Trump Can Help Debunk Alleged College 'Rape Culture' Jan. 29, 2017 Discussing The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities by KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr. Real Clear Politics PDF version
Teaching the Tradition of Freedom to Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Dec. 29, 2016 Real Clear Politics PDF version
A Poor Guide for Trump's High Court Choices Nov. 28, 2016 Discussing The Constitution Today by Akhil Reed Amar Real Clear Politics PDF version
Liberal Education and Its Betrayal Nov. 15, 2016 A Tikvah Podcast
Berkeley Harassment Case Sparks Due-Process Lawsuit Oct. 3, 2016 Real Clear Education PDF version
Berkeley Betrays Due Process Again Sept. 6, 2016 Defining Ideas PDF version
AP Course Standards Have Fallen Prey to Partisanship Sept. 3, 2016 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Battle for Religious Liberty Will Be Won on the Field of Education Aug. 22, 2016 Mosaic Magazine PDF version
The Perils of Moral Narcissism July 12, 2016 Discussing I Know Best by Roger L. Simon Real Clear Politics PDF version
Civics Textbook Wars: Israeli Right Strikes Back June 28, 2016 Real Clear Politics PDF version
An Assault on Due Process at UC Berkeley May 17, 2016 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Our Polarized Politics Are Tied to Flaws in Education May 6, 2016 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Double Jeopardy at the University of California Apr. 17, 2016 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Require Western Civ Courses -- and End College Dark Ages Feb. 24, 2016 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Tradition of Liberal Education Is Under Assault Feb. 11, 2016 A response to "The Coddling of the Conservative Mind" by Jim Sleeper Real Clear Politics PDF version
Why Colleges' Common Reading Lists Get an F Feb. 9, 2016 Real Clear Politics PDF version
'Anti-Education: On the Future of Our Educational Institutions'--Criticism from Friedrich Nietzsche Jan. 20, 2016 A review of Friedrich Nietzsche, edited by Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon Commonweal PDF version
Universities Losing Control After Decades of Indoctrination Dec. 15, 2015 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Yale Gives in to the Grievance Culture Nov. 20, 2015 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Yale's Scary Halloween Tale Nov. 12, 2015 Real Clear Politics PDF version
A Misguided Resolution to the Culture Wars Oct. 19, 2015 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Colleges' Big Fail: Protecting Feelings, But Not Speech Sept. 1, 2015 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Right Way Forward for Conservatism July 24, 2015 Wall Street Journal PDF version
U.S. Universities -- Not So Innocent Abroad? June 30, 2015 A response to "Innocents Abroad? Liberal Educators in Illiberal Societies" by Jim Sleeper Real Clear Politics PDF version
A Conversation with Peter Berkowitz June 8, 2015 Video on Conversations with Bill Kristol The Foundation for Constitutional Government PDF version
Paulsens Give the Constitution Its Due June 7, 2015 Discussing The Constitution: An Introduction by Michael Stokes Paulsen and Luke Paulsen Real Clear Politics PDF version
College Board's Reckless Spin on US History June 2, 2015 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Left's Crusade Against Free Speech May 10, 2015 Discussing The Silencing by Kirsten Powers Real Clear Politics PDF version
Why the Left Casts a Blind Eye on Radical Islam Feb. 7, 2015 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Univerity's Free Speech Policy Is the Exception -- Sadly Jan. 24, 2015 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Demise of Due Process on Campus Dec. 26, 2014 Real Clear Politics PDF version
How the Foreign Language Gap Can Be Bridged Nov. 1, 2014 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Lawsuit Casts Harsh Light on Due Process at Colgate Oct. 3, 2014 Real Clear Politics PDF version
US Colleges' Sexual Assault Crusade Sept. 5, 2014 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Addressing the Crisis in Liberal Education -- Too Liberally Aug. 30, 2014 Discussing Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz Real Clear Politics PDF version
An Open Letter to Swarthmore's Board of Managers June 28, 2014 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Affirmative Action and the Demotion of Truth June 24, 2014 Discussing Cheating: An Insider's Report on the Use of Race in Admissions at UCLA by Tim Groseclose Real Clear Politics PDF version
Giving Liberalism Its Due -- and Taking It to Task May 8, 2014 Discussing Liberalism: The Life of an Idea by Edmund Fawcett Real Clear Politics PDF version
The DA, Duke Lacrosse and Higher-Ed Hypocrisy Apr. 17, 2014 Discussing The Price of Silence by William D. Cohan Real Clear Politics PDF version
A Warning System for "Disturbing" College Courses? Mar. 12, 2014 Real Clear Politics PDF version
On College Campuses, a Presumption of Guilt Feb. 28, 2014 Real Clear Politics PDF version
How to Improve Our Colleges and Universities Feb. 21, 2014 Real Clear Politics PDF version
A Case of Faculty Discrimination Based on Politics Feb. 8, 2014 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Obama's Slow Learning Curve Nov. 20, 2013 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Does Harvard Hate Humanities? July 8, 2013 The Weekly Standard PDF version
Illiberal Education and the 'Heart of the Matter' June 30, 2013 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Tenets of Liberal Education Underpin Government Abuses June 11, 2013 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Are Universities Above the Law? May 20, 2013 The Weekly Standard PDF version
The Sad State of Liberal Education at Bowdoin Apr. 3, 2013 Real Clear Politics PDF version
California Higher-Ed: Regents Deny Critics a Fair Hearing Feb. 19, 2013 Real Clear Politics PDF version
10 Ways Liberal Education Fails Students -- and Society Feb. 2, 2013 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Failing History: Colleges Neglect Core US Principles Jan. 15, 2013 Real Clear Politics PDF version
The Imperiled Freedom the Candidates Ignored Nov. 21, 2012 Real Clear Politics PDF version
California Higher Education's Hollow Core Aug. 29, 2012 Real Clear Politics PDF version
Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers May 7, 2012 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
How California's Colleges Indoctrinate Students Mar. 31, 2012 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Sex Smears and the Rule of Law at Yale Feb. 4, 2012 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Boot Camp for Citizens Dec. 9, 2011 A review of Teaching America by David Feith The Wall Street Journal PDF version
God and Man at Yale Turns 60 Nov. 5, 2011 Real Clear Politics PDF version
College Rape Accusations and the Presumption of Male Guilt Aug. 20, 2011 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Our Elite Schools Have Abandoned Military History Apr. 30, 2011 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Is Yale University Sexist? Apr. 16, 2011 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
The Thinker Nov. 5, 2010 A review of Reading Obama by James T. Kloppenberg The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Why Liberals Don't Get the Tea Party Movement Oct. 16, 2010 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Harvard Law vs. Free Inquiry May 17, 2010 The Weekly Standard PDF version
Why Liberal Education Matters May 15, 2010 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Climategate Was an Academic Disaster Waiting to Happen Mar. 13, 2010 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Breakdown in the Academy Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010 A review of The Marketplace of Ideas by Louis Menand Policy Review PDF version
Academia Goes Silent on Free Speech Oct. 17, 2009 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Conservatism and the University Curriculum June 13, 2009 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Pragmatism Obama Style May 4, 2009 The Weekly Standard PDF version
A Contribution to 'Stanley Fish and The Storm in Ottawa: Seven Professors Say What They Think' Feb. 10, 2009 MindingtheCampus.org PDF version
Bush Hatred and Obama Euphoria Are Two Sides of the Same Coin Jan. 31, 2009 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Towering Ivories Nov. 3, 2008 A review of Save the World on Your Own Time by Stanley Fish The Weekly Standard PDF version
Are Universities Above the Law? Oct. 27, 2008 The Weekly Standard PDF version
What Is a University for? Dec. 2007/Jan. 2008 A review of Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life by Anthony T. Kronman Policy Review PDF version
Ethics 101 Oct. 8, 2007 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Our Compassless Colleges Sept. 5, 2007 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
The Conservative Mind May 29, 2007 The Wall Street Journal PDF version
Strengthening Higher Education February 2007 Prepared for OPPORTUNITY 08: Independent Ideas for our Next President Brookings Institution Press PDF version
Liberal Education, Then and Now Dec. 2006/Jan. 2007 Essay based on a lecture originally titled "John Stuart Mill's Idea of a University, and Our Own," delivered at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Sept. 15, 2006, at a symposium honoring the 200th anniversary of Mill's birth and the address on liberal education he delivered there in 1867. Policy Review PDF version
US Military: 8, Elite Law Schools: 0 Mar. 20, 2006 The Weekly Standard PDF version
Summers's End Mar. 6, 2006 The Weekly Standard PDF version
Literature in Theory Feb./Mar., 2006 A review of Theory's Empire: An Anthology of Dissent, edited by Daphne Patai and Will H. Corral Policy Review PDF version
Lacking the Wisdom of Solomon Dec. 5, 2005 National Review (online exclusive) PDF version
Speaking Their Language Oct. 4, 2005 The Weekly Standard (online exclusive) PDF version
Educating the University June/July 2005 A review of Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus by Donald Alexander Downs Policy Review PDF version
Studying Islam, Strengthening The Nation Apr. 12, 2005 The Washington Post PDF version
He is Charlotte Simmons Feb./Mar. 2005 A review of I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe Policy Review PDF version
Saskia Sassen Reveals High-Handed Habits, Stifles Discussion Nov. 16, 2004 The Chicago Maroon
The Liberal Arts in Kuwait Jan. 28, 2004 The Weekly Standard (online exclusive) PDF version
Point of View: Rules and Grievances October 10, 2003 p. B16 The Chronicle of Higher Education PDF version
Dubious Diversity July 7/14, 2003 pp. 14-16 The Weekly Standard PDF version
Nutty Professors Nov. 27, 2000 pp. 1-12 The New Republic PDF version
Fair Harvard May 26, 1999 p. 8 The Harvard Crimson PDF version
Science Fiction: Postmodernism Exposed July 1, 1996 pp. 15-16 The New Republic PDF version