Category Archives: Academic

When sending you child to college

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Stephen W. Browne

When sending your child to college you have two things to worry about. One is that they will say the wrong thing and fall prey to the new Red Guards. Another is that they will join the new Red Guards. … Continue reading →

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The college admissions scandal

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Stephen W. Browne

I am shocked, shocked I tell you! Shocked to find the children of wealth and privilege are getting into universities that cater to the wealthy and privileged by means other than sheer merit. I’m shocked that this is somehow a … Continue reading →

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My letter to the president of Wichitaw State University, John Bardo

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Stephen W. Browne

Dear President Bardo,

It is with some concern that I read of the recent decision by the WSU student government to deny recognition to the Young Americans for Liberty student group. I was particularly disconcerted to read the decision was apparently motivated by the group’s strong support for the First Amendment.
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Why are smart people so stupid?

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Stephen W. Browne

Some time back after I had returned to the United States after living in Eastern Europe I was invited to speak to a local chapter of Mensa about my experience living abroad during an exciting time in history. Mensa is … Continue reading →

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May Day

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: Cross-posted on my professional blog at the Marshall Independent. Yesterday, May 1, I saw a Facebook post by an academic I’ve known for… a long time. He teaches history in an east coast college and advertises himself as a … Continue reading →

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Elections free and fair, or one man, one vote, one time?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Stephen W. Browne

Over at the Wall Street Journal is an interview by Bari Weiss with Bernard Lewis, who at age 95 is still sharp as a tack and the preeminent scholar of the Islamic world. The article is entitled, ‘The Tyrannies are … Continue reading →

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On war of ideas part 2: 9/11 as theater

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Stephen W. Browne

A New Paradigm A scant three years after the abolition of the USIA, on September 11, 2001 Islamic terrorists struck in the heart of America, destroying the twin towers of the World Trade Center, killing more people than the attack … Continue reading →

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On war of ideas Part 1

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Stephen W. Browne

In an email exchange with Col. Gordon Cucullu I said (to his hearty agreement), “Though I firmly believe that military strength is essential to our survival, in the long run victory will depend on how well we explain ourselves.” So… … Continue reading →

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Ahmedinejad and Columbia

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

Posted at The Right Angle http://humanevents.com/rightangle/— 09-24-2007 @ 04:19 PM I admit to being somewhat torn about Ahmedinejad speaking at Columbia. Like Cal Thomas in today’s front page article at Human Events, I’m irritated that he got invited to Columbia … Continue reading →

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Review: A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

Dr. Thomas Sowell is one of those authors whose laundry lists I’d read. Reading A Conflict of Visions was one of the “Ah-ha!” moments of my life. Sowell is an economist, newspaper columnist and Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He … Continue reading →

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