News Story of the Day: upset about free speech being quashed by colleges and universities everywhere? Hate the fact that there is so much vitriol against whites and conservatives? Does it frustrate you to see that conservative speakers are being shut down? Well, the free market is working to correct these trends.
Here is an excerpt from my article over at Liberty Nation discussing the matter:
The University of Missouri is one of the schools realizing a massive budget gap. Melissa Click, a communications professor at the University, became the face of censorship and entitlement on college campuses when she called for “muscle” to kick out student journalists during a protest. Soon after the university garnered widespread media attention for its race-based campus protests and caving into student demands, it lost approximately 1,500 students, causing an immense drop in its tuition income. Over the last twelve months, the university has been trying to tackle its $32 million budget shortfall.
Amherst College in Massachusetts is a private liberal arts college that has regularly been the scene of protests against free speech, the president’s temporary travel restriction, and ostensible racism. These demonstrations were championed by liberals everywhere, but Amherst is not immune to the mounting development. The college has witnessed its donations tumble by 6.5% in fiscal year 2016. Participation in its alumni fund dipped by 1.9% to 50.6%, the lowest participation rate in more than forty years.
Today’s college culture may appear to be hopeless, but eventually, the encouraged violence will cease.
Personnel won’t be swayed to adopt free speech and open and respectful discussion from a lecture by Tom Woods or Ben Shapiro. Colleges will only employ these ideas when they see their enrollment numbers plummet; their funding take a nose-dive and their annual revenues crater.
So, long as the suppression of speech and monolithic leftist worldview persists on college campuses, alumni will have to hold back on giving to their Alma Mater. That is a sure-fire way to get higher ed administrators to come to the table.
The free market may not change professors’ minds, but at least it will allow conservatives and libertarians to purport their opinions without fear of violence or censorship.
Chart of the Day: what do you want at the end of your life? According to a new study by The Economist, in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation, we tend to want to live as long as possible, ensure our family is financially secure, having loved ones around you and be at peace spiritually. The survey was conducted in the United States, Japan, Brazil and Italy. Here is the chart:
Illustration of the Day: ever since Barack Obama arrived on the national scene, we were constantly told by him that the big banks and Wall Street were evil. He conceded that Washington was broken because of the big money in the financial district. Liberals fell for this hooey. It now seems that the former president is taking a page out of the Clintons playbook by receiving $400,000 to give a single speech to the banks. What a swindler!
Quote of the Day: now that the Trump administration has finally unveiled specific details of its “biggest tax cut” and “largest tax reform” in U.S. history, let’s take a look at what legendary free market economist Murray Rothbard said about tax reform:
Everyone will agree that the American tax system is a mess. Taxes are far too high, and the patchwork system is so complicated that even IRS officials don’t understand it. Hence the evident need for some sort of dramatic, even drastic, reform. As often happens, a group of dedicated and determined reformers has arisen to satisfy that need. But before we embrace this new gospel, we should heed the old maxim about jumping from the frying pan into the fire, and also remember the warning of the great H.L. Mencken, who defined “reform” as “Mainly a conspiracy of prehensile charlatans to mulct the American taxpayer.” And we should also bear in mind that all acts of government, however worthy they may seem, have a way of winding up solving no problems and only making matters worse.
Tweet of the Day: the president has just been 100 days in office and it has been a failure. Despite a couple of good things, like withdrawing from the TPP, he has failed to live up to expectations that his supporters had. Here is just another great example:
Trump: “I’m a nationalist and a globalist.”
Surely that’s an either/or choice?https://t.co/o4HfnXC7lq
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) April 28, 2017
Video of the Day: you can trust the consumer, but you can’t trust the voter. A new video from Campus Reform takes a look at students’ opinions of President Trump’s first 100 days in the Oval Office but listing off his predecessor’s policies. It is something funny to kick off the weekend:
Students Hate Trump’s First 100 Days Accomplishments… Until Learning They’re Obama’s Accomplishments https://t.co/zRZSUfc7P4 pic.twitter.com/M7dXIL5RCD
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) April 28, 2017
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