Free expression is not faring well on American college campuses these days. In some places, the problem is students taking grave offense at opinions that merit only minor umbrage or none at all. In others,...
This summer, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law the Campus Free Expression Act, which prohibits the state's universities from restricting student protests to designated "free speech zones."The law...
That's amazing, what just happened at the University of Missouri.Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri system, resigned Monday. From a distance, he looks like a leader who had lost his last...
This summer, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law the Campus Free Expression Act, which prohibits the state's universities from restricting student protests to designated "free speech zones."The law...
Last December, Rolling Stone published a now-infamous story that seemed to confirm every parent's worst fears about sexual assault on college campuses.Within months it had been discredited and retracted,...
Sexual assault has doubtlessly occurred on college campuses at least as long as there have been coeducational institutions.But only in recent years have schools, students and parents begun to grasp just...
In 2009, Richie Incognito’s peers voted him the “NFL’s dirtiest player” in a Sporting News poll. One former teammate told CNN that Incognito is “always top three” in that ballot.This year,...
The online health insurance exchanges promised by Obamacare promptly opened for business last week and just as promptly crashed. People seeking to sign up for insurance, or just peruse plans, waited and...
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Oct. 3:In 1996, scientists thrillingly theorized that a potato-size meteorite from Mars, discovered in Antarctica, could contain evidence...
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday, Sept. 30:Here's a troubling indicator: U.S. consumer confidence is sagging just as European consumer confidence is surging. We're losing...
If you’re a fan of Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel — or just see him as a good investment opportunity — you can find everything you need on eBay. It offers hundreds of items signed by the...
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Aug. 23:The world may be heading toward a showdown in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack launched by government forces, killing...
