The release of 3.5 million Epstein files has put a spotlight on Noam Chomsky — who counseled the convicted sex trafficker on dodging the press — reviving Thomas Sowell's critique that elite intellectuals face no consequences for being catastrophically wrong, from denying the Cambodian genocide to whitewashing Khomeini. Meanwhile, a Hartford student who graduated with honors but cannot read is suing her school district, illustrating what happens when grades are decoupled from learning. In California, one UC Berkeley professor's months-long Sacramento campaign just killed a bill that would have forced universities to lower admissions standards to match a failing K-12 system.
Thomas Sowell explained why intellectuals never pay for being wrong. The Epstein files just proved him right again.
A Princeton professor called the Ayatollah's circle 'moderate' and 'progressive.' Within months, hundreds were executed. He never apologized.
She's suing the district that failed to teach her. Virtue signal destroyed teaching. How do we restore real education in schools?
Jelani Nelson drove to Sacramento for months, recruited allies, and won: Academic standards at UCs matter
Forbes celebrates her as history's greatest giver. But without stewardship, the outcomes are spotty at best.
A new study of 1,452 students at Northwestern and the University of Michigan finds that 88% hide their real views on politics and social issues, faking progressive beliefs to get by.
Mamdani's plan to kill gifted programs will crush working-class kids while wealthy families shrug and write tuition checks.
The Godfather of Funk settles the cultural appropriation debate with cosmic wisdom and zero filter.
A policy failure wrapped in virtue signaling: more segregation, 4,000 students gone, a bankrupt district—and it all started with anti-Chinese racism.
When 38% of students at America's most elite university claim disability status, the system isn't broken—it's working exactly as designed.