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“Forget what the Right says,” the headline instructs me: things aren’t so bad for conservatives in the academy. Jon A. Shields and Joshua M. Dunn, Sr. write,
Submitted by Robert Gehl via DownTrend.com,
An Illinois college has reversed its position and will allow students to pass out copies of the U.S Constitution on campus.
It’s a good move, since the Alliance Defending Freedom threatened to sue them if they didn’t.
Under the old policies, students were threatened with arrest if they passed out the founding documents on the campus of the College of DuPage.
You might remember this e-mail I published from an anonymous person who had just been hired as a staffer (not faculty) at a small liberal arts Christian college. The person, an orthodox Christian, wrote at the time:
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
When it comes to raking in questionable dough via the abuse of political power, the Clintons are in a league all to themselves. In fact, their shamelessness is so rampant and sloppy, the only explanation is they simply thought no one would ever dare hold them to account.
Here’s the latest example, from Raw Story:
“There is no way a man like Donald Trump has any business being president,” the man told me. “You can’t talk like he does and expect people to give you the authority to run the country. The problem is that there is nobody to vote for. Look at all the rest of them running. This is the first time in my life that I don’t feel confident voting for anybody for president.”
And later, with a look of pained resignation on his face: “I tell you, people who don’t think this country is in serious trouble don’t know what they’re talking about. You can see it all over. It’s unwinding.”