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The Case Against Educational Hysteria
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The Case Against Educational Hysteria

Introduction Three primary issues broadly afflict college campuses today: intolerance towards diverse thought, the devolution of social purpose, and the rise of the inconsequential. These phenomena contribute to the educational hysteria that is increasingly dominating the political, social and educational spheres of the modern American university. They include trigger warnings for differing opinions, the non-ironic use of...

President Obama Slams Coddled College Students, Microaggressions, and Culture of Victimhood
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President Obama Slams Coddled College Students, Microaggressions, and Culture of Victimhood

“The victim stance is a powerful one. The victim is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy.” — Zur Institute   Few days go by at Cornell or most other college campuses in which there is no mention of trigger warnings, oppression, sexism/heterosexism/genderism/racism/ableism/classism or the patriarchy, white societal favoritism, microaggressions,...