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Entries from March 26, 2006 - April 1, 2006
From Northwestern: Adios to the Amiable 'Big Tent'?
How often do you see politicians or publications with bona fide Conservative credentials frozen in seemingly hopeless intellectual deadlock? The debate over illegal (am I still allowed to say that?) immigration is one of the few issues that repeatedly causes such division within Conservative circles and it appears to be reaching a boiling point on Capitol Hill. As the nation moves ever closer a no-holds-barred battle over immigration, leading Conservative voices in the American print media find themselves on opposite sides of the ring.
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From Yale: College Council to Petition against Taliban?
I’d thought that the students might actually help remove the Taliban from Yale, when the Yale Daily News reported on Friday March, 24:
“ The YCC [Yale College Council] is currently considering drafting a resolution to petition the University's administration to deny Hashemi admission as a full-time student, YCC President Steven Syverud '06 said Thursday. The idea was introduced to the council by former YCC representative Austin Broussard '06, and current representatives are discussing the controversy via e-mail, YCC Vice President Marissa Brittenham '07 said.”
Unfortunately it has now been a week since I’ve heard anything of such a resolution – but I still hope the YCC will do more than just ‘consider’ drafting it.
From Yale: Choosing Not To Think
Read this piece on the National Review Online's college blog: Phi Beta Cons.
From Tulane: Campus Profile
After a fall semester spent far from my beloved but devastated city, it’s good to be back at Tulane and in New Orleans, not least because of the weather: those of us down here in the balmy climes of the Gulf have been wearing short sleeves since January! Temperate winters must lead to temperate politics, because Tulanians are largely politically inactive; the political atmosphere at Tulane is not highly charged.
From Northwestern: A Preposterous "Study"
A recent study conducted by a pair of Cal Berkley professors purports to show that "whiny" toddlers are likely to become Conservatives later in life, whereas their "confident" and "self-reliant" peers will lean to the left.