On Tuesday, Hampshire College became the latest academic institution to announce its closure. There was a time when such failures were rare occurrences. That trickle is turning into a torrent, but the media and academics are missing a critical part of the lesson. There is no greater example of how academics are killing higher education than the death of Hampshire College. Continue reading ““To Know Is Not Enough”: Hampshire College Joins Growing List of Failed Academic Institutions”
This week, I had the great pleasure of returning to Ithaca, New York, to speak on my new book, Rage and the Republic, on the campus of Cornell University. You would be hard-pressed to find a more beautiful campus in the Spring than Cornell. It is simply breathtaking with its historic buildings set off against blooming trees and bubbling creeks. I would recommend a visit even if you are passing through the area. It is an American classic of higher education.
Continue reading “Spring in Ithaca: A Walk Through Cornell University”
Below is my column on Fox.com on the Swalwell scandal. His resignation from Congress was expected in light of the likely expulsion and criminal investigations awaiting him. The worst, however, may be yet to come.
Here is the column: Continue reading “Eric Swalwell and the Fall of a Made Man”
New York has been a godsend for gun rights in passing a series of unconstitutional limits on Second Amendment rights only to result in major adverse rulings. It may soon do the same for the free exercise of religion. New York is now going head-to-head with a group of Dominican nuns over a law challenged as unconstitutional. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state are being sued over a law that forces religious organizations to adhere to LGBTQ policies. Continue reading “New York Versus the Nuns: The Dominican Sisters Face Penalties for Refusing to Yield on Religious Values”
Below is my column in the New York Post and the California Post on the Swalwell scandal. Last night, Fox40 just released a statement from “senior staff” in his offices that is crushing. According to the host of “Inside California Politics,” the Swalwell staffers declared that “Any decision of staff members to remain in their roles in the interim should not be viewed as support for Eric Swalwell…We, more than he, understand that we have obligations to the people we lead and to the constituents of California’s 14th Congressional District.”
Here is the column: Continue reading “Pelosi’s Monster: The Creation and Destruction of Eric Swalwell”
“Create a crisis.” That call is made in a new campaign sponsored by the American Association of University Professors to force “colleges to drop their contracts with ICE’s key corporate enablers.” Despite years of criticism over the purging of faculty ranks of conservatives and libertarians, university professors continue to double down on far-left ideology that is now an orthodoxy in higher education. Continue reading ““Create a Crisis”: American Association of University Professors Sponsors Anti-ICE Campaign” 
Justice Brett Kavanaugh is accustomed to unrelenting personal attacks from the left that began with his nomination to the Court. This week, however, the ad hominem insults came not from cable programs but a colleague. Justice Sonia Sotomayor used an appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law to level a personal dig at Kavanaugh as an out-of-touch elitist. Continue reading “Contempt of Court: Justice Sotomayor Suggests Justice Kavanaugh is an Uninformed Elitist”
According to the New York Post, the University of Southern California has adopted a policy banning men from certain workout areas. The plan, pushed by an LGBTQ+ group, is designed to prevent the presence of males from triggering women or non-binary students. It may, however, trigger a major legal challenge.Continue reading “USC Bans Men from Gym Areas to Avoid Triggering Women and Non-Binary Students”
Maine’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is actually running for governor on her willingness to take flagrantly unconstitutional action. Bellows is touting her removal of Trump from the ballot, an effort that led to a unanimous Supreme Court swatting down Colorado and Maine. Bellows is virtually giddy recounting her efforts to stymie democracy and prevent voters from casting their ballots for the man who ultimately won the election. Continue reading “The Maine Event: Shenna Bellows Runs for Governor on Unconstitutional Effort to Bar Trump from Ballot”
Colorado’s tourism slogan, “it’s our nature,” has a menacing meaning for free speech advocates. Colorado is now arguably the most anti-free speech state in the union, pushing an array of measures attacking those with opposing social and political views. The irony is that the state has proved a bonanza for free speech with spectacular legal failures that reaffirmed rather than restricted the First Amendment. Now, the Democratic legislature and governor are back with new unconstitutional measures, including a requirement that lawyers not share information with federal immigration officials as a condition for filing with state courts. Continue reading ““It’s Our Nature”: Colorado Doubles Down on New Assaults on the First Amendment”
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.) joined fellow Democrats last week in calling for the passage of the Housing Emergencies Lifeline Program (HELP) Act to “crack down” on some evictions while barring the use of evictions on credit reports. Pressley declared that “evictions are an act of policy violence.”
Below is my column in the Hill on the expected reaffirmation of birthright citizenship by the Supreme Court after the oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara. The question raised in the column is whether such a decision should be the final word on the subject or whether we should have a national debate on a possible new citizenship amendment. Some countries among the minority recognizing birthright citizenship had such debates and decided to reject it. Polls indicate that most Americans support birthright citizenship. If so, an amendment would obviously fail. However, it may be time to have such a national debate.
Here is the column: Continue reading “The 28th Amendment: Is it Time for a New Amendment on the Meaning of Citizenship?”
Happy Easter to everyone celebrating the holiday today. Despite my kids being older, the bunny still came to the Turley house and left baskets overflowing with their favorite chocolates and candies, including a doggie basket for Luna. Continue reading “Happy Easter and Passover!!!”
Here is the column: Continue reading “Disaster Tourism: California and Other Blue States Become Go-To Destinations for Econ Sightseers” →