Day: November 25, 2024

Sarah Lawrence Has Fallen

In the dead of night on November 21, a group of students linked to Sarah Lawrence College’s (SLC) Divestment Coalition stormed Westlands, the school’s main administrative building, and announced their occupation through social media. This was no quiet protest. Hiding their identities behind masks, the group decorated the building with signs, barricaded doors, and blocked […]

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Let’s Be Thankful Despite Our Differences

This week is my favorite week of the year. Thanksgiving offers an official period of several days away from the office and school to reflect and give thanks to family and friends for our abundant blessings as Americans. It is worth remembering the original story of the Pilgrim’s embarkation on the Mayflower as recorded in […]

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Your Tax Dollars Are Funding Bigoted Counseling Programs—Here’s How to Stop It

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of an article originally published on the author’s Substack Diogenes In Exile on November 14, 2024. With edits to fit MTC’s style, it is crossposted here with permission. Taking Action: Restoring Evidence-Based Counseling Programs in the Face of Social Justice Ideology For those who have watched the transformation of psychology from […]

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Will Trump Revive Viewpoint Diversity?

I cannot imagine such an arrangement on a secular campus occurring today. However it plays out, Donald Trump’s plan to exorcise college campuses of woke ideological domination is heartening to those who desire a genuine spirit of intellectual debate on college campuses. The hard left stifles genuine debate since it denies the value of the […]

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Pledging to Honor the Spirit of Free Inquiry

In recent decades, the intellectual climate in higher education has been toxic, resulting in predictable effects on society. This toxicity is seen in an explosion of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) statements and staffing, plagiarism and replication scandals, and the frequent silencing of conservative views and harassment of conservative scholars. Clearly, academia’s intellectual environment needs […]

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