The resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay will make no difference without a fundamental restructuring of what is taught. The same goes for other institutions of “higher learning.”
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Rich Lowry: The left can’t handle a Trump victory
If 2024 is set to be tumultuous and unpredictable, just wait until 2025 if Donald Trump wins the presidency again later his year.
Paul Mills: Maine lost 2 legends named Dave in 2023
Two phenomenal Mainers took leave of us during this just past eventful year.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: The two bones of contention in academia
Until this week, the chatter about corruption in colleges revolved around massive amounts of money that drove a rejigging of athletic conferences. Then, a second discontent cropped up. Put it under the heading of “Be careful what you say.”
Rich Lowry: Confession of a public health expert
The former head of the National Institutes of Health during the pandemic and current science advisor to President Joe Biden, Francis Collins, has noted that he and his colleagues demonstrated an “unfortunate” narrow-mindedness.
Cal Thomas: Biden not ‘faithfully executing’ the law
When it comes to the open southern border it could be argued — and should be argued by more members of Congress — that the president has violated his oath, which is reason enough for impeachment.
Froma Harrop: Sorry, haters. California is doing just fine
There’s a neurotic need in the right-leaning media to declare that California is going down.
Austin Bay: ‘Projecting a different picture’ won’t solve Biden’s border crisis
The Biden administration is attempting to hide its responsibility for its policy disaster on the U.S.-Mexico border and the subsequent illegal migrant crisis. Even Democrats now acknowledge the border crisis is a major political and economic problem that will damage them in the 2024 national elections.
Cal Thomas: Looking back, looking forward
The past is a better teacher if we will pay attention to successes and mistakes, that we might avoid one and embrace the other.
Rep. Mike Lajoie: Legislature must address new PFAS regulations
Maine’s legislature faces an urgent policy dilemma with how the state should move forward to enforce a new law regulating the presence of PFAS, sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals,” in the economy.