Columbia University’s recent civil rights settlement with the federal government is a watershed moment—but not for the reasons its defenders suggest. It marks the first time in recent memory that an Ivy League institution has been held accountable for allowing open hostility toward Jewish students and faculty. The fact that it took federal intervention—not moral […]
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I imagine that many instructors experiment with artificial intelligence (AI). Perhaps to create or modify a syllabus. Perhaps to create writing assignments. Tests. Collaborative assignments that are part student, part AI. Other instructors are still in the resistance. All told, we find ourselves in a transitional period with this new stage of AI’s development and […]
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In this 2008 lecture at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, economist Walter Block delivers a defense of libertarian philosophy. He outlines its core principles—the non-aggression axiom and private property rights rooted in homesteading—and applies them to various controversial issues, including blackmail, libel, insider trading, incitement, antitrust, hostile takeovers, the exclusionary rule, affirmative action, unions, […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the American Spectator on July 22, 2025. With edits to match MTC’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Medical schools hold the weighty responsibility of deciding who can become a doctor. So one would hope that they would approach this task with the goal of selecting […]
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