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By Professor Doom      Across the country, our students have been trained to believe that it�s fine to use violence to prevent someone from speaking. While years ago, a riot to prevent a speaker was major news, now they�re so common that even local newspapers hardly consider it worth covering.       The reason we have these riots is our schools are populated with, well, non-students. The reason our schools are populated with non-students is because the administration of those schools don�t care: they�re paid based on butts-in-seats, and the butts need not even be in seats, merely registered as students.       A very basic idea to stop the riots is to get rid of the rioters, but, across the country, admin just doesn�t have the spine/integrity/intelligence to do the right thing.       Back in April, Heather McDonald tried to give a speech at Claremont College , and protesters attempted to preven...

By Professor Doom      I know my title is unsurprising on two levels, since administration lies about everything, always, and it�s well known that conservative thinkers aren�t allowed to speak on our campuses now�but the title says so much all the same.      Even if conservatism is fundamentally wrong, fundamentally flawed, the worst thing that ever happened to humanity�conservatives should still be allowed to have their say. It�s a simple fact, to judge by the  last election, that about half the country still thinks people  should not be slaves to a government master no matter how much the master says he has really, really, good intentions.      Even if those �deplorable� people are wrong, their numbers indicate their ideas should be heard. If those are ideas are so wrong�then there could not possibly be harm in talking about and, supposedly, laughing at them in the same way we laugh at CNN�s endless doubling down of...

By Professor Doom      In the US, most college courses are now taught by adjuncts: minimally paid �temporary� professors who will work at the same job for 15 years or more before realizing they�re being played for suckers.      Now, yes, I know things are tough all over, and lots of people are struggling to get by on minimum wage ( though adjuncts actually get paid less than minimum wage , thanks to quirks in the law). There�s a difference here, and it�s not simply the bias of someone who works in higher ed.       We�re burying our kids in debt, in exchange for education. We�re told constantly that no price is too great for education. We�re told nothing is more valuable than education. And we�re told this repeatedly from a very young age.       So, yes, it�s a real problem when we take our academics, who supposedly have all this precious education�and pay them less than minimum wage. You can�t have...

By Professor      I�ve mentioned quite a few times the insanely high administrative pay of higher education. Even the most irrelevant Dean can now command a salary well past $100,000 a year, and this is all quite public information .       It isn�t just the salary that is ridiculous, it�s the sheer number of administrators on campus now. If there�s a problem in one of my classes, I could potentially receive 8 different e-mails from various bosses letting me know about it (note: this is direct experience. Much like in Office Space, I have received communications from multiple bosses regarding the same trivial issue, on more than one occasion).       The biggest growth in administration is Diversity. Trust me, no administrator anywhere wants to be viewed as not being for Diversity, for social justice , and everything associated with it. So, many campuses open up Diversity fiefdoms, and pack them full of Vice Presidents ...

Tweets The Media Ignores By Professor Doom      It�s sickening and yet amusing watching the media go nuts over every Trump tweet. Don�t get me wrong, sure he�s said some odd things (which get focused on ad infinitum), but he�s also said some relevant things (which the media diligently ignores).       Tweeting is a strange way to communicate. You�re supposed to say something quickly, and moreover broadcast it everywhere instantaneously, so that it is preserved forever. Gee, isn�t that a recipe for disaster?      Faculty already know better than to post much on Facebook, as we�ve been fired for daring to question �the narrative� there, so no, you don�t see many of us using Twitter, either.       Unless you post exclusively things that the media/Left approves of, then it�s a free ride.       There was a race studies conference last June where amazing things were said, and som...

By Professor Doom      I can�t emphasize enough how scary it is to work in higher education. Granted, if you�re an administrator, you�re guaranteed pay raises and advancement no matter how poorly you do your job, but if you�re an academic, you�re on eggshells all the time.      The reason for this is our systems are loaded down with bureaucrats whose very job is to find faculty guilty of something, and punish them for it. The most trivial accusation by a student causes insanities 1 of administrators to swoop in and justify their job.        Allow me to set the scene for the latest. A law professor asks a test question. It�s a multiple choice legal question, and I�ll put a snippet here: P owned and member managed �Day Spa & Massage Therapy Company, LLC.� P catered to men and women. Among other services, P offered Brazilian and bikini waxes � sometimes called �Sphynx,� bare waxing, or Hollywood waxing� -- it�s a lo...