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john w connelly jr's picture

The Forgotten Duty: Free Speech in Academia

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In an editorial I wrote for my school’s paper, and which was published on the website of the First Amendment Center as well as on this site, I wrote that “America has succeeded in the past — and will only continue to succeed in the future — not because our weapons were better or our spirit was stronger.  Read More »

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The Bill Ayers Problem

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First off let me say that the connection between Barack Obama is a stretch. Their relationship amounts to time spent serving on a board together, and Ayers is a professor at The University of Chicago, so plenty of Chicago politicians, regardless of their political affiliations, are probably going to have some connection to him.  Read More »

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A reflection on minority scholarships

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What's going to happen with the changing ethnic culture of the United States? I've been wondering about this for a while--since I saw something, which said that by (what was it...) 2050, the Caucasian population of the U.S. is going to be in a minority status.  Read More »

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