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Professor John Ellis has been a critic of our higher-education system for many years. His book The Breakdown of Higher Education (which I reviewed here) masterfully analyzed the perverse trends that were (and still are) causing our colleges and universities to deliver much less educational value at much higher cost. His latest book, A Short History of Relations Between Peoples, is not primarily about higher education, but Martin Center readers will find it important because Ellis indicts our academic elites for their role in undoing centuries of progress and turning humanity back towards tribalism. The main goal of this book...

**SNIP** Pelosi's best option would be a "pocket veto." Legislative leadership, of course, can't execute a "pocket veto." That's an executive function. But something very much like a "pocket veto" would serve Pelosi and her party's interests well. She could say: "I'm not sending these articles of impeachment over to the Senate. There's no point in doing so. The majority leader has made it clear that he has no interest in a 'fair trial.' There's no point in wasting everyone's time and taxpayer money to arrive at a decision that Republican senators have already made. Everyone, including each and every...

Apart from the United States, if there's one country where it's not only okay to condemn, but also the politically correct thing to do, it's Israel. That little sliver of land located on the western side of the Fertile Crescent receives its fair share of hate as well as its neighbors' shares of hate, too. Even being associated with Israel earns hate — ask Lana Del Rey. So why is it that Israel has become so skeptical of American Jews? Shouldn't the two groups be allies? Well, yes, they should be. Unfortunately for Israel, many American Jews side with the...

If there’s one thing that unites central San Joaquin Valley Latinos of all political persuasions, it’s a near-universal revulsion to the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump. Beyond that, local Hispanics are much like the rest of the nation: Their presidential preferences break down largely along partisan political lines. Democrats generally like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, although Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has his fans. Republicans are more varied, but are very much in the red column. There are supporters of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and...

The University of California is a hotbed of leftist faculty and politically correct thinking where many students are receiving a weak and unbalanced education, according to a report by a conservative organization of professors and administrators. The study by the California Assn. of Scholars repeats objections conservatives have had for decades over what they see as an overwhelmingly liberal academia that stifles dissent. Especially in UC humanities departments, study of classics and rigorous analysis have been replaced by advocacy of a leftist agenda and teaching about the grievances of various minorities, the report says. "It has reached an extreme where...

The great thing about polling these days is that if you don't like the numbers you're reading, just wait until numbers more to your liking come along. A little birdie reports that the new NBC News/WSJ poll, which will be released tonight, shows Bush doing better than the Gallup Poll showed him doing a couple of days ago. Ellisblog therefore officially drops Gallup and proclaims NBC/WSJ as the most accurate of all polling outfits.