James Bacon

by James A. BaconChanting \”Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea,\” hundreds of pro-Palestinian students held a protest on the Lawn at the University of Virginia yesterday. As reported by the Washington Free-Beacon, they demanded the Biden administration defund aid to Israel. The event was part of a national \”walkout\” organized by […]

by James A. BaconThere is a widespread notion among militant leftists at the University of Virginia, as there is in universities across the Commonwealth, that exposure to objectionable ideas causes \”harm\” to those who hear them and, thus, should be suppressed. This logic is a totalitarian wolf in sheep\’s clothing. While I do not countenance

by James A. BaconThere is a widespread notion among militant leftists at the University of Virginia, as there is in universities across the Commonwealth, that exposure to objectionable ideas causes \”harm\” to those who hear them and, thus, should be suppressed. This logic is a totalitarian wolf in sheep\’s clothing. While I do not countenance

Heather Mac Donald, a member of the Manhattan Institute, is author of “The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture.” Register here.

by James C. SherlockThe University of Virginia has made quite a national name for itself over the responses of its campus anti-Jewish extremists to the slaughter of babies in Israel.It is not a reputation it wants.On October 8th, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UVa, an organization officially recognized by the Student Council and

Anna Kriebel, a third-year student in the University of Virginia’s Political Philosophy, Policy and Law program, has had a column published in National Review. She describes the dehumanizing, anti-Israeli rhetoric of the pro-Palestinian students at UVa, and contrasts it with the timid defense of Israel by Jewish students unwilling to sign their names to a

Another excellent article from our friends at The Jefferson Independent….by Christine SchuecklerHATE HAS NO HOME AT UVA. The words have been plastered all over UVA Grounds for the past week, stretching from the first-year dorms to lampposts on the Corner and covering every pillar of Minor Hall. A series of brightly colored posters, beginning boldly

Our friends at the Open Discourse Coalition at Bucknell University invite Jefferson Council members and friends to a zoom session featuring Victoria Coates, a former national security advisor to Donald Trump.Students and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions about the terrorist attacks against Israelis and the implications on foreign policy and national security.

This article was published today by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. To read the full article click here.The university\’s admissions processes must comply with the Constitution.by Walter L. SmithThe University of Virginia is facing a choice of historic significance: namely, whether to embrace admissions policies based on our colorblind Constitution or to