Brett Kavanaugh Is Rightly Skeptical of a Nationwide Ruling on Trans Athletes
State lawmakers should be more skeptical of overly broad laws, too.
Education
Texas A&M Removes Plato from Introductory Philosophy Class
New "gender ideology" rule has predictable results
A School District Cop Allegedly Did Nothing To Stop the Uvalde Mass Shooting. Was That Failure a Crime?
Adrian Gonzales is on trial for acts of "omission" that prosecutors say amounted to 29 felony counts of child endangerment.
How the Trump Administration Quietly and Quickly Took Over 3 Golf Courses in Washington, D.C.
Plus: Thank capitalism for the best parts of college football bowl season
NYC Schools Are Losing Students and Burning Cash. Mamdani Could Make the Situation Worse.
New York schools need more choice and better curricula, but the city's new mayor wants to take choices away.
6 Ways Sports and Politics Will Collide in 2026
From college sports to league expansion, politicians are going to have plenty of sway over sports next year.
Mamdani's $6 Billion Child Care Expansion Would Be a Handout to Wealthy New Yorkers
The more the government intervenes in the market, the more New York parents pay for child care.
Why College Students Prefer Socialism—and Why They're Wrong
When the media say the middle class is in decline, they're technically right—because people are getting richer.
The 9th Circuit Upholds a University of Washington Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'
The appeals court ruled that administrators violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights when they investigated and threatened to punish him for constitutionally protected speech.
This Tennessee Man Spent 37 Days in Jail for Sharing an Anti-Trump Meme. He Says the Cops Should Pay for That.
Larry Bushart's lawyers argue that his arrest for constitutionally protected speech violated the First and Fourth amendments.
Survey: 91 Percent of College Students Think 'Words Can Be Violence.' That Could Feed Real Violence.
But there's a silver lining—sort of.
Washington Post: "Trump's Attack on DEI May Hurt College Men, Particularly White Men"
Yet the facts in the article would equally have supported the headline, "Elite Private Colleges Apparently Hurt College-Bound Women, Trump May Stop That."
Why Are 38 Percent of Stanford Students Saying They're Disabled?
If you get into an elite college, you probably don't have a learning disability.
University of Oklahoma Student Is Justifiably Shocked at Sudden Expectation She Be a Good Writer
What the controversy over a failing grade for a bad essay reveals about the true purpose of higher education.
Bill de Blasio's Diversity Push for These Schools Lowered Admissions Standards—and Didn't Increase Diversity
New data display the failures of the expanded Discovery Program.
Federal Trade Commission Staff Endorses Proposal to End American Bar Association Monopoly on Law School Accreditation
FTC staff support the proposal by the Texas Supreme Court to allow for alternative means of accreditation.
The Trump Administration Says Nursing Isn't a Professional Degree. Here's Why That's a Good Thing.
The decision isn't a value judgment. It's a recognition that nursing school is usually cheaper than medical school.
Chicago Is the Latest Example of How Public School Spending Doesn't Prioritize Students
Misused pandemic funds, luxury travel, and declining achievement reveal a crisis of priorities—one only school choice can fix.
What Would Bill Buckley Do?
The National Review founder's flexible approach to politics defined conservatism as we know it.
Should Affirmative Action End?
Jason Riley and Paul Frymer debate affirmative action and the Supreme Court.
US News and World Report Article Urging Colleges to Reject Trump's "Compact" With Higher Education
I coauthored the article with four other legal scholars from across the political spectrum.
DOGE Effect Finally Felt
Plus: Academic standards in crisis, everything's television, and more...
Homeschooling Hits Record Numbers
Last academic year, DIY education grew at nearly three times the average rate it did during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.
College Graduates Put Socialism Back on the Ballot
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign shows how the rhetoric of working-class revolution now resonates most with the highly educated.
The 6th Circuit Upholds a School's Sweatshirt Censorship Because 'Let's Go Brandon' Is 'Plainly Vulgar'
That understanding of a familiar anti-Biden slogan hinges on the political message it communicates.
Michigan Mom Fights School District Rule That Says 7-Year-Old Can't Walk 3 Minutes Home From the Bus Stop
The superintendent blamed the “significant liability the district assumes whenever we are transporting students.”
Schools Find Their Spines
Plus: Zohran Mamdani's photo ops, hearings on Caribbean boat strikes, how the pandemic changed the world, and more...
Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt Skewers #MeToo Moral Posing
A feisty, cancel-culture provocation that isn't willing to commit.
Against Trump's New Higher Education "Compact"
A joint statement and a solo analysis of the Compact's problems
My New Paper on "How Speech-Based Immigration Restrictions Threaten Academic Freedom"
It is forthcoming in Academic Freedom in the Era of Trump, (Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone, eds., Oxford University Press).
How Viewpoint Diversity Can Help Protect Academics from Themselves (and Perhaps Help Heal Our Civic Culture Too)
The lack of intellectual pluralism undermines the truth-seeking function of the university.
Texas and Florida Have Become National Models for Using the Police State To Wage Culture War Battles
From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.
No Calamity
Plus: Mamdani wants to cut gifted programs, Tyler Cowen's AI film takes, Newsom's revenge, and more...
Review: Is Weapons a Metaphor for School Shootings?
The new hit horror movie is really about adults using kids for their own ends.
How To Fix College
Plus: The Dignity of Dependence, infinite scroll, ZIRP narratives, and more...
The 9th Circuit Overturns a Man's Conviction for Holding a Shotgun on the Sidewalk in Front of His House
The decision, which hinges on an exception to the Gun-Free School Zones Act, does not say whether that law is consistent with the Second Amendment.
Jonathan Haidt: Kids Should Put Down the Phones and Take More Risks
"We're too afraid they'll get abducted," says the author of The Anxious Generation. "That sets kids up to be weaker."
Washington Says Tax Breaks Help People. Instead, They're Corroding the Tax Code.
The expenditures are often costly privileges for special interests that mask the true size of government and fail to deliver the promised bang for the buck.
Florida Gets Closer To Being a 'Free State' With Plan To End School Vaccine Mandate
Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo proposed ending the requirement that public school children be vaccinated, calling the mandate "slavery."
