RIGHT-WING demagogues have been blabbering for years about that legendary "liberal bias" in American higher education. What no one seems to notice is that it's perfectly justifiable. The University, and others like it, emphasizes liberal perspectives in humanities programs because those perspectives have been the most vital in shaping recent history and the modern world.
Much of the debate at universities like this one and elsewhere is obscured by modern American political culture, which functions in Republican-Democratic, conservative-liberal terms that neglect larger historical trends. Nearly every currently legitimate and surviving sociopolitical and economic ideas in the past four centuries have had liberal inspirations
Read More
TAYLOR: The slush fund’s defeat is a reminder that our damaged institutions still function
By Nat Taylor | 4 days agoIt is worth celebrating this momentary triumph, if only to inspire confidence in our democracy again.
CARON: Legal does not mean accessible for reproductive rights in Virginia
By Jenna Caron | 4 days agoVirginians must affirm the VRRFA by voting it into the Constitution of Virginia and encourage their representatives to pursue consistent accessibility.
COHEN: The Honor Committee should rethink its approach to punishment
By Ryan Cohen | 6 days agoIf accountability is to remain at the heart of honor, then consequences must do more than educate — they must also reflect the seriousness of the violations committed.
