Can The Current Universities Be Saved? › American Greatness
Victor Davis Hanson
5–7 minutes

Elite higher education in America—long unquestioned as globally preeminent—is facing a perfect storm. Fewer applicants, higher costs, impoverished students, collapsing standards, and increasingly politicized and mediocre faculty reflect a collapse of the university system.

The country is waking up to the reality that a bachelor’s degree no longer equates with graduates being broadly educated and analytical. Just as often, they are stereotyped as pampered, largely ignorant, and gratuitously opinionated.

No wonder polls show a drastic loss of public respect for higher education and, specifically, a growing lack of confidence in the professoriate.

Each year, there are far fewer students entering college. Despite a U.S. population 40 million larger than 20 years ago, fertility rates have fallen in two decades by some 500,000 births per year.

Meanwhile, from 1980 to 2020, room, board, and tuition increased by 170 percent.

Skyrocketing costs cannot be explained by inflation alone, given that campuses have lightened faculty teaching loads while expanding administrative staff. At Stanford, there is nearly one staffer or administrative position for every student on campus.

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https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/02/can-the-current-universities-be-saved/

MAY 2, 2024
Demeaning, Diminishing, Destroying
The language hurled against Jews is often similar to words used by the Nazis in the 1930s.

 
If history proves anything it shows if civil rights, human rights, equality and even the right to live are to be denied to a class of people, they must first be stripped of their inherent value as human beings.

In the case of African Americans, it was slavery and the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court in 1857 that upheld that evil practice, justifying it by claiming Blacks were not citizens of the United States. An earlier “compromise” in 1787 declared that for purposes of representation in Congress, enslaved Blacks in a state would be counted as three-fifths of the number of white inhabitants of that state. Jim Crow laws enacted by Southern Democrats went further by preventing most Blacks from voting.

In modern times, the unborn have been denied their right to live through abortion and the claim by some that fetuses are not fully human, thus justifying the procedure.

Which brings me to the current demonstrations against Israel and Jews on many college camp uses.

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/106480-demeaning-diminishing-destroying-2024-05-02

 
MILITARY / APRIL 23, 2024
Navy Missiles and the Defense of Taiwan: Part 1
There are tradeoffs to using American missiles to defend allies. Namely, there are fewer for us.

 
Missiles have been much in the news with Iran’s attacks on Israel either directly or through its proxies. Missiles have played a dominant role in this conflict. Modern missiles have phenomenal capabilities for both offense and defense. This has become increasingly self-evident against the types of attacks employed by Iran and its level of technology. Ship defense missiles will play an even more prominent role in any future conflict. While war with Russia, Iran, or even the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is possible, the more likely threat is a war with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over Taiwan, a war of missiles. The PRC alone has military forces to challenge U.S. might and the ambition and will to do it. The Chinese have been preparing for this conflict for a very long time. They consider it their destiny to rule the Pacific and then the world. Will the U.S. be ready for such a war?

Despite the future threat from the PRC, the U.S. has generously provided significant military aid to Israel, including putting our own forces and personnel in harm’s way on behalf of our ally. Understandable as those laudable efforts are, Americans must be aware that the extensive use of missiles in Israel’s defense may have a negative impact on our ability to defend our own interests in the future. One report estimated that the U.S. had already used 300 missiles in Israel’s defense. Days ago, Navy Secretary Del Toro testified before Congress that the U.S. has expended $1 billion in munitions to defend Israel since the October 7 Hamas attack. He stressed those missiles must be replaced. It takes approximately two years to build our more advanced missiles, and our industrial base is already at maximum production capacity. The more missiles we expend to help defend Israel, the lower our inventory for our own future defense.

PRC President Xi Jinping has made it a top national policy to reunify Taiwan with China as the first step in the domination of the Pacific. If that happens, 24 million free Taiwanese citizens will fall into slavery. And the world’s most advanced microchip expertise and manufacturing will be dominated by China to the detriment of the rest of the world. Taiwan dominates the world in both the science of advanced microchips and their production. The modern economy of the world increasingly depends on advanced microchips. Taiwan produces over 50% of the world’s microchips and virtually all the most advanced chips. Xi sees the conquest of Taiwan as part of his legacy. U.S. military leaders predict that a conflict could be coming as early as 2027. The threat to Taiwan is elaborated in “The Looming Taiwan Challenge For The US, Japan And The West” and “Taiwan In China’s Crosshairs.”

https://patriotpost.us/articles/106197-navy-missiles-and-the-defense-of-taiwan-part-1-2024-04-23

It's more likely you can get money for a pro Hamas riot than for the military.