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FORT LEWIS, Wa. — Mark Zuckerberg is a name I grew quite familiar with even through my year in Kandahar. Facebook was the novelty through which I interacted with most of the world back home. Though it was accessible only on our trips to the forward operating base — no connectivity on our stranded outpost in the Zhari District. Despite all that Facebook meant to me while at war, I was less than thrilled to find that Mr. Zuckerberg had been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. The distinguished title goes to the man or woman deemed to have...

This is an excerpt from a Kaplan College Test Prep email I just received. Note they advise prospective college students the colleges don't care what candidate you supported, but apparently that is limited to democrats: "Colleges typically offer students several topics on which to write, with themes that provide focus and encourage introspection. Current events are common essay prompts each year—the 2000 presidential election and controversial Florida recount, terrorism and the aftermath of 9/11, and corporate accounting practices with the meltdown of Enron have all been seen in the past. The current presidential election, the war in the Middle East,...

A proposed bill of rights aimed at protecting college students from political indoctrination in the classroom is being actively debated in more than 20 states, including New York. The "Academic Bill of Rights" calls for students to be graded based on their reasoning and not their political beliefs. The measure also requires that professors offer diverse reading lists and "not use their courses for the purpose of political, ideological, religious or anti-religious indoctrination." The proposal, which was drafted by a conservative author and activist from California, David Horowitz, also seeks to upend ideological conformity on campuses by insisting that decisions...