When Protesters Misbehave, Who Pays for Campus Security?

When Protesters Misbehave, Who Pays for Campus Security?

Let me post a hypothetical situation: If an event is held on a college campus and the university police department mobilizes twenty to thirty officers and auxiliary personnel to maintain order and keep everyone safe, who should pay the bill?The group that organized...
Religion and Belonging at UVA

Religion and Belonging at UVA

Hindus and Buddhists were the most likely of any major religious classification to say in 2022 that they feel like they “belong” at the University of Virginia, with Christians not far behind. Muslims and Jews were the least likely to say that they...
Covid and Religious Freedom at UVA

Covid and Religious Freedom at UVA

The University of Virginia has paid more than $1.8 million in legal fees fighting a lawsuit filed by UVA Health employees who were fired, despite religious objections, for refusing to take the COVID vaccine. And that’s just through November. Given the continuing...
Morals, Coddling, Mental Illness, and Wokeness

Morals, Coddling, Mental Illness, and Wokeness

Jonathan Haidt is one of the most important public intellectuals in America today. If you’re not familiar with his work, you need to be. You’ll get a chance to hear him when he comes to the University of Virginia February 8 as a guest of The Jefferson...
Don’t Cut the Rattle Off the Rattlesnake

Don’t Cut the Rattle Off the Rattlesnake

Robert Grayboyes, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center in George Mason University, has penned a post on his Substack account, Bastiat’s Window, about the importance of free speech — even offensive free speech. As evidence, he points to his...