Finding Common Ground

Finding Common Ground

I’ve written a lot about what’s wrong with “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion”: how it classifies people as oppressed or oppressors, feeds feelings of victimhood and grievance, pits groups against one another, and leaves people, especially minorities, feeling isolated...
President Joel Gardner’s Letter to the BOV

President Joel Gardner’s Letter to the BOV

Letter from Senior Faculty MemberA Note from The Jefferson Council President Joel GardnerNovember 18, 2024Dear Members of the Board of Visitors,I am in receipt of a letter written by a senior tenured faculty member expressing concerns about various circumstances...
Release the Report, President Ryan – What Are You Hiding?

Release the Report, President Ryan – What Are You Hiding?

Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., has plead guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection with the mass shooting at the University of Virginia...
The Decline and Fall of the University

The Decline and Fall of the University

Since retiring from the University, several people have asked if I miss it. I tell them I miss what it was, but not what it has become. Higher education in America has gone from being the best in the world to one of the most pathetic. Why? It’s hard to describe...
Free Expression At UVA?

Free Expression At UVA?

We couldn’t help but notice what gets defended as free speech — and what doesn’t — at UVA. Simon Goldstein certainly knows.