BY JOHN K. WILSON January 23, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Keyishian v. Board of Regents, perhaps the most important case defending academic freedom in the history of law (see the essay by Marjorie Heins today about the case). Five years ago, I interviewed Harry Keyishian via email for AcademeBlog…
BY HANS-JOERG TIEDE Anton Julius Carlson served as AAUP president from 1936 to 1938. He was once described by another former AAUP president as the Association’s “war horse” of that period of time, serving on Committee B on Freedom of Speech and on a total of four investigative committees between 1930 and 1941. Carlson chaired the famous…
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN Jeremy Pressman of the University of Connecticut and Erica Chenoweth of the University of Denver have been gathering crowd estimates for every single one of yesterday’s women’s marches across the nation (and also internationally) As of this posting, they conclude that between 3,664,292 (low estimates) and 4,584,210 (high estimates) people attended…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The CNN panel is even worse than the gender ratios industry-wide: But perhaps things will eventually change—and sooner, rather than later:
BY MARTIN KICH The following are excerpts from an item published by Politico and written by Shane Goldmacher and Matthew Nussbaum. The article describes Donald Trump’s first “official” speech as President, delivered at CIA headquarters. The tone of the piece is remarkably unsparing, especially for Politico: Standing on hallowed ground at the Langley headquarters, in…
BY HANK REICHMAN On an inspiring and momentous day when “pussy” — and her millions of supporters — grabbed back, there were many creative and smart slogans to be seen. Indeed, one of the most exciting aspects of today’s women’s march, apparently everywhere, was how “bottom-up” it was — very few prefab signs; lots of…
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POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Houston Indianapolis Los Angeles Los Angeles Louisville Madison Miami Nashville Nashville New Orleans New York Park City, Utah Philadelphia In response to Hank’s head’s up, here are a several photos of the event in Oakland:
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BY MARTIN KICH Writing for Cleveland.com, Karen Farkas reports Kent State University is closing its golf course because of declining revenues and increasing operating costs. . . . The university bought the 18-hole par 70 course on Ohio 59 in Franklin Township, in 1966. The course includes a putting green, chipping area, snack bar, banquet room…