I congratulate University of Northern Colorado President Kay Norton for using the platform of her State of the University address to reaffirm the school’s commitment to free expression and academic freedom. Her remarks come...
I read Parade Magazine but I don’t want anybody to know I read it because its fluff quotient is way too high. Calling that whimsical Sunday supplement a magazine is like calling an old banana cream-filled...
STATE COLLEGE – Some trustees at Pennsylvania State University are balking at a board proposal that would discourage them from talking publicly about a university matter outside of a board meeting without prior approval...
I write to express concern about the decision of Newman University to disinvite Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier (“Newman cancels talk by Supreme Court justice after anti-abortion backlash,” Sept. 9 Eagle). Private religious...
As students and faculty begin a new academic year, many colleges face a choice between supporting free expression and shielding students from potentially traumatic material, censoring and even punishing those who offend. This issue...
Whether you are liberal or conservative, a Trump supporter or a Clinton supporter, you should recognize the basic underlying fact that the American public is seriously deficient in its knowledge and understanding of the...
This year’s Constitution Day marks 229 years since the signing of the U.S. Constitution and the establishment of our republic. The Framers of our Constitution recognized that a general understanding of the nation’s laws,...
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