Virginia Association of Scholars Readings, Week of Oct. 3

Written By James Bacon

Quote from "The Daily Sceptic:"  "It is a fact often noted that when social scientists get involved, meaningless waffle has a tendency to surface."Introduction to The Untold Story of Racial Classification in the U.S. Haidt Quits Academic Society Due To Diversity Statement Mandate (reason.com)Will the Call for a Judicial Boycott Change Yale? Don’t Bet on it – JONATHAN TURLEYGiving Yale Law School The Heave-Ho (reason.com)The Front Line Of The Battle To Save America Is Virginia (thefederalist.com)Words Matter: On the Debate over Free Speech, Inclusivity, and Academic Excellence - PMC (nih.gov)Diversity University: DEI Bloat in the Academy | The Heritage Foundation‘Implicit Bias’ Training Cost Me My Nursing Job - WSJPayPal is no pal to free expression (thefire.org)'We own the science': UN rep announces Google partnership during World Economic Forum 'disinformation' panel | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.comFailing Introductory Economics — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal (jamesgmartin.center)To Stop Bureaucratic Creep, Axe Higher Ed's Costly 'Dean State' (thefederalist.com)A Quota By Any Other Name by James Allan :: SSRNSoutheastern Legal Foundation launches next phase of its national campaign against unconstitutional policies on America’s college campuses | Southeastern Legal Foundation (slfliberty.org)Public Schools Experiencing 'White Flight' (reason.com)Woke Capture at UT-Knoxville — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal (jamesgmartin.center)Citing Concern for Free Speech, 12 Federal Judges Say They Won’t Take Clerks from Yale Law School (freebeacon.com)The Precarious State of Academic Freedom - Academic Freedom AlliancePrinceton hosts Nadine Strossen for discussion on free speech | Princetonians for Free SpeechPrinceton hosts Nadine Strossen for discussion on free speech | Princetonians for Free SpeechThe Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal (jamesgmartin.center)Guatemala's Enclave of Liberty – Law & Liberty (lawliberty.org)Head to red states for political diversity on campus - The Post (unherd.com)

James Bacon

After a 25-year career in Virginia journalism, James A. Bacon founded Bacon’s Rebellion in 2002 a blog with the goal of “Reinventing Virginia for the 21st Century.” Its focus is on building more prosperous, livable and sustainable communities. In recent years he has concentrated more on the spread of “woke” ideology in K-12 schools, the criminal justice system, higher education, and medicine.

In 2021, he co-founded The Jefferson Council to preserve free speech, intellectual diversity, and the Jeffersonian legacy at his alma mater the University of Virginia. He previously served as the organization’s executive director, now serving as congributing editor.

Aside from blogging, Bacon writes books. His first was Boomergeddon: How Runaway Deficits Will Bankrupt the Country and Ruin Retirement for Aging Baby Boomers — And What You Can Do About It, followed by Maverick Miner: How E. Morgan Massey Became a Coal Industry Legend and a work of science fiction, Dust Mites: the Siege of Airlock Three.

A Virginian through-and-through, Bacon lives in Richmond with his wife Laura.

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