A New Look at the Federal Suit Against Arizona’s Immigration Law Several Supreme Court cases may hold the key to Arizona’s defense against Washington’s overreach. October 5, 2010 – by Ronald Rotunda A new Arizona law requires police engaged in a lawful stop or arrest to ask about a person’s legal status if there is [...]

The American citizenry have been called rubes, smelly, racists, fascists, rabble-rousers, insurgent, narrow-minded and xenophobic. Not by the likes of Ahmadinejad (he keeps it short and sweet at ‘Satan’) but by our own governmental and cultural elite. What’s got their cocktail circuit all atwitter? You, me–us. We’re asserting our constitutional right to disagree with what’s happening [...]

Ivory Tower Power Grab Malcolm A. Kline In what looks like a naked power grab, the Obama Administration is poised to extend its dominion over a higher education establishment that already tilts left. “The Education Department is set to mandate more government control over a private-sector accreditation process that has served higher education well,” Krista [...]

A Conservative Kid Tries to Survive in California School By Sam Besserman My name is Sam Besserman, I’m eleven years old, I live in Beverly Hills, California, and ever since I can remember I have been subjected to political bias in school. The first time I noticed the bias was actually in preschool, where the [...]

ROTC Back in the News By John Leo Harvard President Drew Faust probably didn’t expect criticism when she said she looked forward to reinstating the Reserve Officer Training Corps once the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is ended. But Senator Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican and a lieutenant colonel in the state’s National Guard, [...]

The American citizenry have been called rubes, smelly, racists, fascists, rabble-rousers, insurgent, narrow-minded and xenophobic. Not by the likes of Ahmadinejad (he keeps it short and sweet at ‘Satan’) but by our own governmental and cultural elite. What’s got their cocktail circuit all atwitter? You, me–us. We’re asserting our constitutional right to disagree with what’s happening [...]

A Crucial Courtroom Victory for College Students’ Rights A ruling issued earlier this month by a federal district court in Georgia may be one of the most significant victories for students’ rights in recent years. The decision has already sent shockwaves through the higher education community, and the reverberations may be felt for a long [...]

Victory in Georgia: Student Cleared of Charges for Complaint about Campus Parking September 22, 2010 ATLANTA, Sept. 22, 2010—The University of Georgia (UGA) has withdrawn charges of “disorderly conduct” and “disruption” filed against a student after he sent a mocking e-mail to UGA Parking Services to complain about the lack of parking spaces for scooters [...]

Last week we posted Peter Robinson’s interview with Harvey Mansfield. Given our format, the interview rotated off the site after a few days. We’ll have another installment of Uncommon Knowledge next week. In the meantime, here is the interview with Professor Mansfield, once more once, after a brief introduction. Harvey C. Mansfield is the William [...]

LEWISBURG, Pa., September 20, 2010— One of the main ways that universities maintain immoral and unconstitutional speech codes is to keep alumni and parents in the dark about rules that restrict student and faculty speech.  That is why today the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education FIRE has purchased a billboard advertisement to publicize Bucknell [...]