April Newsletter
Scientific Discovery, Due Process,
and the Fall of Communism

Featured Articles

April 15, 2022

Restoring the Endless Frontier?

J. Scott Turner

Vannevar Bush’s vision, while successful in many ways, has made science too focused on productivity. We must restore the ethic of discovery to scientific research.

April 20, 2022

Winged Words [MTC]

Keith Whitaker

Saint Vincent College’s recent conference on “Panic, Policy, and Politics” offered a defense of the American way of life. The administration’s censorious response shows that the university has abandoned the pursuit of truth.

March 30, 2022

Open Letter: Congress Must Oppose the Civics Secures Democracy Act

Civics Alliance

If passed, the Civics Secures Democracy Act will enable the federal government to impose both Critical Race Theory and “Action Civics” upon America’s schools.

March 21, 2022

America's Largest System of Higher Education Proposes Political Litmus Tests

John D. Sailer

Proposed DEI competencies in the California Community Colleges system call for the abandonment of academic integrity and the elimination of academic freedom.

Announcements


Membership Action Item: Opportunity to Protect Title IX Due Process

The Biden Administration is scheduling public comment sessions for a possible revision of the 2020 Devos Title IX reform rule. This is your opportunity to speak up for due process!

NAS Comments on COVID-19 "Misinformation"

The very concept of misinformation is anathema to any scientific approach to serious health issues like the COVID-19 pandemic.

NAS Statement on the Yale Law School Debacle

The Yale Law School disruption shows that the campus world is still imperiled by students who have forgotten that respect for free exchange is a basic precondition of higher learning.

NAS Statement on the University of California's Proposed Ethnic Studies Requirement

We urge everyone in California, and especially everyone affiliated with the University of California system, to express their opposition to the new Ethnic Studies requirement.

Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) 40th Anniversary Gala

CAMERA’s annual gala will honor six individuals who have served as “Portraits in Courage," including longtime NAS board member Sandra Stotsky. The gala will take place on May 15th, and tickets can be purchased online here.

Government Education Jobs

Are you looking for a job? Check out our list of U.S. Government jobs pertaining to the education sector. Click here to access our pdf of government job websites.

Events

Celebrating America: A Webinar Series from the NAS

Join NAS for events on American history and literature. Our next events in the Celebrating America series include 1933: FDR, WPA, and the New Deal on April 22nd and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott on April 26th. View and register for these events and more here.

Media

NAS Policy Director Teresa Manning on CURE America with Star Parker

Tune in as NAS Policy Director Teresa R. Manning discusses the progressive takeover of college campuses on "CURE America with Star Parker."

1989: The Fall of Communism

Listen in as we discuss the factors that brought about the fall of the Soviet Union and explore how the collapse altered the international order.

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Watch the recording of our webinar discussing what makes Jack London's The Call of the Wild a great American novel.

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Policy and Strategy for the Unknown

Listen in as our panel of experts examines the likelihood that UAPs are of an extraterrestrial origin and the implications that this possibility holds for science and security.

1965: LBJ and the Great Society

The "Great Society" programs of the Johnson Administration offered Americans many promises of a great and better future. Nearly 50 years later, our panelists discuss the effects of these policies.

Shaping the West: The Development of the American Frontier

Watch as we discuss the development of the American frontier with Richard Etulain, Patty Limerick, and Brad Birzer.

Member Publications

Roland Alum

“¿Desafía el Protestantismo al Marxismo en Iberoamérica? [Does Protestantism challenge Marxism in Iberoamerica?]” in Ensayistas y Periodistas, ed. Luis de la Paz.
Miami, FL: PEN International. November 2021.
 

Daniel Asia

“The Bitter Sweetness of Life”
Athenaeum Review. April 2022.
 
“The Land, the People, and the Law”
Athenaeum Review. April 2022.
 
“Whoopi, Maus, and 80 Years of American Jewry”
American Institute for Economic Research. March 24, 2022.
 
“Princeton and the Woke Ballet”
American Institute for Economic Research. February 4, 2022.
 
“Cultural Appropriation: Try Not To”
American Institute for Economic Research. January 16, 2022.
 

Mark Bauerlein

“Why millennials drive cancel culture”
New York Post. April 4, 2022.
 

John Ellis

“College—a Good Value, or Buyer’s Remorse for Parents”
Epoch Times. February 07, 2022.
 
“Law Students, Their Teachers and Our Future”
Wall Street Journal. March 28, 2022.
 

Bruce Gilley

“Ditch the Global Minimum Tax Grab”
Wall Street Journal. March 30, 2022.
 

Daniel Gordon

Robert Maranto

Ray M. Sanchez

“Getting to the Whole Truth of CRT” [with Matthew Garrett]
National Association of Scholars. April 19, 2022.
 

Kenin M. Spivak

“California Court Holds Board-Diversity Law Unconstitutional”
National Review. April 13, 2022.
 
“Pour Money on It”
American Mind. April 12, 2022.
 
“Reparations Will Only Make Things Worse”
National Review. April 10, 2022.
 
“Progressive Doctrine Embraces George Orwell’s 1984
National Association of Scholars. March 29, 2022.
 
“Resistance Is Not Futile”
Minding the Campus. March 18, 2022.
 

Elizabeth Weiss

“Archaeology and Indigenous Creationism” [with Frances Widdowson]
Rational Space Disputations. April 11, 2022.
 

William H. Young

“Our Difficult Challenge Ahead”
National Association of Scholars. March 18, 2022.
 


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