A College Strikes Back Against Safe Spaces

Aug. 26, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where Barack Obama wants to put a bit more polish on his environmental legacy. Fred Lucas reports on how. Meanwhile, Obamacare doesn't look so good, as Melissa Quinn shows in covering big insurance hikes across the country. Heard about the rally for refugees on the National Mall this weekend? Liberals' goal is to welcome more, Kevin Mooney finds out. Plus: Genevieve Wood on a close encounter with the TSA, and Katrina Trinko on a university that pushes back on political correctness. It's Women's Equality Day.
News What Obama Is Doing to Seal His Environmental Record Before he leaves office, President Obama is likely to implement more green policies to top off his environmental legacy. Read More
Commentary A College Strikes Back Against Safe Spaces "Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called 'trigger warnings,' … and we do not condone the creation of intellectual 'safe spaces' where individuals can retreat from ideas," University of Chicago's dean of students writes. Read More
News Consumers in 17 States Face Double-Digit Rate Hikes Under Obamacare Among insurers proposing new rates, hikes range from a high of 62.1 percent from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana to a low of 8 percent from Evergreen Health in Maryland. Read More
Commentary Extreme Position of Pro-Choice Politicians Contradicts American Consensus Pro-choice politicians who typically support unrestricted, or almost unrestricted, abortion share the extreme view of a tiny minority of the American people. Read More
News Left-Funded Rally Aims to Pressure Lawmakers to Welcome More Refugees An upcoming rally may be a highly politicized event organized for the purpose of lobbying the Obama administration and Congress to allow more refugees into the U.S.—including those from war-torn Syria and Iraq who may have ties to terrorism. Read More
Commentary Another Travel Fiasco Courtesy of the TSA Another example that shows that, in most cases, a private company will do a more effective and efficient job than any government agency charged with the same task. Read More
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