Gregory Conti in City Journal reports on the recent push at some U.S. universities to restore institutional neutrality to their campuses. Conti recounts the radical politicization of universities and the resulting extinction of open discussion, debates and disagreements. Neutrality, he argues, is critical to accommodate the deep differences of worldview and opinion that exist – and should be allowed to flourish – at any university.
Yay Brexit!
Brendan O’Neill in Spiked enthuses that Brexit is superior to just about anything else in the world. “There should be street parties” on the 10th anniversary of the popular vote to withdraw from the EU, he writes. “Let the bells peal for that momentous day when in our millions we said No to globalism.” The continuing surfeit of saboteurs and naysayers among Britain’s “idiot elites”, O’Neill snorts, are gripped by Brexit Derangement Syndrome.
