University of California Merced History Professor Sean Malloy is the latest academic to go full Madam Defarge in higher education. Malloy is calling for the assemblage of tribunals to “dezionize” universities. He has explained that “People’s Tribunals” go beyond ridding universities of zionists “but also confronting the role of Zionist organizations, donors, Regents, and administrators in repression targeted at members of the university community.”
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Harvard University is facing another controversy after its medical school held an event on “the Pathology of Unruly Bodies.” The most surprising part is that it was not a reference to the Harvard faculty itself. Rather, a panel composed of non-medical experts was railing against anti-obesity drugs as part of “indoctrination” to support the ills of “empire and imperialism.” Welcome to the state of higher education in America. Continue reading “Harvard Medical School Holds Panel Raising Whether Weight Loss Drugs are an Imperialistic, Militaristic Plot”
Years ago, I called Antifa the Keyser Söze of the left, after the character in “The Usual Suspects.” In the film, the character Virgil explains how Söze stayed in the shadows: he became “a myth, a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night.” The strategy was too simple: “the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”
Democratic leaders have long fostered the myth around Antifa, the largest and most violent group on the political left. For years, they have denied the existence of the group even as members were charged with crimes (including terrorism). Now, the French authorities have found that the nonexistent group is the largest of three “ideologically distinct groups” responsible for the violence in France. It appears that either the entire French security system is delusional or the trick is up for the American left.
Cornell University has long been an example of an academic echo chamber where conservative and libertarian faculty have been largely purged from departmental ranks. For example, a study by The College Fix found that Democrats outnumber Republicans 98 to 1 among Cornell professors across six of the humanities departments. Cornell professors disrupt events, launch campaigns to fire the remaining conservative faculty, and foster a cancel campaign culture on campus. However, the faculty recently decided to review its own record and found . . . wait for it . . . that there really are no concrete measures needed to address their own overwhelming ideological bias. Continue reading “Cornell Faculty Completes Self-Study and Concludes that Their Ideological Bias Requires No Corrective Action”
I recently wrote a column on the cancellation of a free press event at Columbia University where student journalists had the temerity to offer their own views on the coverage of the alleged Cornell rape case. Now other “student journalists” are joining the outcry for action after the column’s publication. The Columbia Political Review joined the mob to denounce the authors and the Sundial staff for an essay that “perpetuates a culture of campus violence, rape, and assault.” As depressing as this latest example of viewpoint intolerance is in higher education, there is one redeeming element. The staff editor of the Sundial, Shoshana Aufzien, wrote a magnificent reply to these critics that gives some of us hope that there remain young journalists who understand the essence of free speech and the free press.
“Who Gets to Tell the Story?” That question was supposed to be the theme of a “press freedom” event this week at Columbia University, home to one of the world’s leading journalism schools. However, as first reported by the Columbia Spectator, the event was canceled after student journalists had the audacity of offering their own views on the coverage of the alleged Cornell rape case.
Recently, I wrote a column addressing an argument by Professor Rory Little of UC Law (San Francisco) that the historic decision in District of Columbia v. Heller contains an important but often overlooked limitation on gun rights. Professor Little has now responded, and his new column makes salient and intriguing arguments in favor of a narrower reading of Heller and the Second Amendment. While I remain unconvinced, I wanted to share a link to the column for those interested in Second Amendment jurisprudence. Our discussion was triggered by the upcoming argument over the ban on AR-15s in Viramontes v. Cook County.
Continue reading “Professor Rory Little Responds to Turley Column on the AR-15 Ban Case”
We have previously discussed high school administrators and teachers who engage in censorship and speech regulation, often targeting religious and conservative students. These cases cost school districts millions in court costs, but the school officials never seem to face any consequences. In California, Piner High School has joined this ignoble effort, punishing the high school football captain for expressing support for the “Cornell 7” on his own Instagram page. Other students then protested not to support free speech but to demand further punishment for the student. I wonder where they learned that repressive view of free speech? Continue reading ““We have a Zero-Tolerance Policy”: High School Student “Punished” for Expressing Support for the “Cornell 7””
My recent USA Today column discusses how the Democrats have suddenly discovered God in elections after recruiting various far-left ministers to run on faith-based anti-Trump messages. I discussed how Divinity Schools have shown the same trend as other departments in higher education with a radical shift to the left. That was evident in a controversy this week at Point Loma Nazarene University, where Dean of Students Jason Cha told student leaders that identifying as being “in Christ alone” is a sign of “white privilege.” Continue reading “Religiously Woke: Dean of Students Warns that Saying “In Christ Alone” Constitutes “White Privilege””
Below is my column in the Hill on the education cartel and how it is destroying our K-12 school system. After decades of bloated budgets and failing scores, our school system is now less popular than Cuba and communism. It is a particularly telling comparison in Chicago where union members went to Venezuela to praise the worker’s paradise of the Maduro regime while the school system dumped U.S. bonds in opposition to the American “regime.” Generations of inner-city children are being left without a future due to the failure of our school system, which prioritizes its own survival over its students.
Here is the column: Continue reading “The Education Cartel and the Blue State School Scam”
Below is my column in the New York Post on the Cornell rape case and the appointment of Attorney General Letitia James to investigate the allegations. With Democratic politicians and pundits already pronouncing guilt before any charges, let alone a trial, the appointment of James follows an all-too-familiar pattern in high-profile criminal cases. James previously pronounced the guilt of the students before she was appointed by New York Gov. Hochul as the special prosecutor. James publicly denounced what the accuser had “been forced to endure” and called her case “horrific and unacceptable.” She added that, with “all survivors,” that “we stand with you.” It is a signature of James’s notorious approach to prosecutorial ethics.
Here is the column: Continue reading “Letitia James Appointed Special Counsel Despite Suggesting the Guilt of the Accused”
On Saturday, I had the honor of receiving the 2026 New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati 2026 History Prize for Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution. It was a beautiful event in one of Washington’s most historic and legendary buildings. I wanted to share a few photos. Continue reading “A Walk Through History with the Society of the Cincinnati”
Roxane Gay is the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. She currently serves as the artist-in-residence at Harvard Medical School and called this week for the “liberation” of accused assassin Luigi Mangione. Gay (the cousin of former Harvard University President Claudine Gay) is the latest example of the radical chic of higher education.
The decline of higher education into an ideological echo chamber has been widely discussed on this and other sites. Polls show record lows in the public trust in our universities and colleges as revenues decline and closures increase. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon responded to this meltdown with a common-sense call for greater transparency and tolerance. The response from teacher unions has been nothing short of hysteria, led by Randi Weingarten at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and Todd Wolfson at the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) — two of the most polarizing and political figures in teaching.
This Saturday, I have the pleasure of receiving the 2026 New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati 2026 History Prize for Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution. I have been thrilled by the reception of the book and I am particularly grateful for the recognition of the history prize of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati . Continue reading “Turley to Receive History Prize for “Rage and the Republic””