American Thinker

Featured Article:  How the Left turned electoral rejection into triumph (and what Conservatives can learn from them), Jared E. Peterson

We must finally acknowledge the scope of the damage that’s issued from attaching too much importance to electoral victories and too little to cultural losses. More

My Take - To understand my views you must first read the article.  I've stated before this can only be fixed by forcing these institutions off of the government feeding tube. End all grants to these institutions. End all federal student loan programs, which is turning into a financial nightmare for those who graduate and it's even worse for that substantial number who don't. This will force all these institutions to become "for profit" self supporting organizations.  This will force them to compete for student dollars - dollars the parents are providing. End racial preferences. That's a disservice to everyone, including those getting these preferences.  Allow institutions to accept those only of particular racial or ethnic groups or practice gender exclusion if they prefer.  This will give rise for groups to create and promote their own institutions.  Now that’s reality based diversity!

 Allow institutions to promote whatever philosophy they think is of value, whether the theme is leftism, conservatism, capitalism, socialism or even racial or gender concepts, then fine. Let them sell that view to their potential customers. If and when all these things happen a number of changes will naturally occur.  One, the price of higher education will drop like a stone. Two, a large number of universities will most likely go out of business or get smaller. Third, professors will have to actually start teaching classes instead of being paid big bucks for doing nothing. Fourth, those professors who are left will be of a higher caliber than currently exists.  That will create a glut of over educated under smart people working at McDonalds.  Fifth, tenure will start to unravel. Sixth, students will start getting a real education. Competition is the answer, and will this unnatural fever swamp that “higher” education has become. One more thing. I would love to see alumni start suing these institutions for promoting propaganda instead of teaching facts.

 

In short - cut the feeding tube and let them set up whatever system that seems good to them and then sell it to the public in the real world of competition.  The leftists will be doomed, since eventually reality will destroy all their false utopian dreams, because dreams aren't reality.

Planned Parenthood's Cash Cow, Steve C. Craig

When revenue from harvested baby organs is considered, late term abortion is one of Planned Parenthood’s highest ticket items. This may explain why it has resisted any attempt by legislators to restrict them. More

Obama's Mental Rigidity Is Dangerous, James Lewis

He's no Socrates. More

A Message to the Supporters of Planned Parenthood, by Steve McCann

A few days ago I received a phone call from an old acquaintance living in Haifa, Israel. Fighting back the tears, he asked me what in God’s name has happened to the United States More

Psychopathy in the White House, Noel S. Williams

The Dark Triad consists of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy, and it turns out Obama is riddled with all three, especially the darkest category -- psychopathy. More

Surrender Like a Boy Scout, Selwyn Duke

Scouting has never been just about tying knots and learning survival skills, but about instilling virtue and building character. More

Kate Steinle and the untimely passing of Cecil the Lion, Jeannie DeAngelis

Our president's priorities are making the United States a laughingstock. More

Why the Democrats Should Dump Hillary and Nominate Trump, By Clarice Feldman

Friday brought an end to a horrific thunderstorm here and for Hillary and the Democratic Party, some telling legal orders. In the capital, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan issued the following order against Hillary: As agreed by the parties at the July 31, 2015 status hearing, the Government shall produce a copy of the letters sent by the State Department to Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Ms. Huma Abedin, and Ms. Cheryl Mills regarding the collection of government records in their possession…..

Sanctuary Cities for Conservatives?, Gary Bauer

With the way things are going, conservatives are going to need them. More

Hope Not Hate and the Coming English Civil War, Paul Austin Murphy

All the touchy-feely stuff about “Muslims and non-Muslims getting along peacefully together” isn't going to become a self-fulfilling prophesy any time soon. More

Lincoln vs. Lee: How History is Distorted to Preserve Legends, William Sullivan

As monuments to Robert E. Lee are being defaced, it is time to compare his views on race to those of the president against whom he led the Confederate Army. More

Where is the Coverage of Juanita Broaddrick?, Daniel John Sobieski

If a quarter-century-old alleged marital “rape” is relevant to Donald Trump’s candidacy, why isn’t Juanita Broaddrick’s accusation of rape relevant and credible? More

On the verge of the unthinkable, Carol Brown

Imagine your child or grandchild living in a world with a nuclear Iran. Imagine your child or grandchild asking what you did to try to stop it. But here we are. More

The Shadow Lawmakers and the Trillion-Dollar Budget, Larry Creech

Two recent pieces of legislation were all set to make government as transparent as Barack Obama has always (apparently) wanted it to be. Guess who objected. More