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These pages recently reported some initial thoughts on growing disclosures of questionable behavior by Boston University Professor Ibram X. Kendi’s management of a “Center for Antiracist Research” there.  For additional perspective on this matter, we are sharing with you today a longish, but we believe worthwhile, extract from a recent podcast of The Glenn Show.  The…

News broke last week that Ibram X. Kendi—the author of “How to Be an Antiracist”—was being investigated by Boston University for fraud and mismanagement of the $43 million Center for Antiracist Research which he led there. Kendi (originally known as Henry Rogers) gained prominence among academics for his advocacy of Critical Race Theory and its…

Those are the words of Thomas Jefferson who—along with George Washington and the other Founding Fathers—were rebels. Not rebels in the sense of James Dean or the kids from The Breakfast Club.  They were the kind of men who put it all on the line—their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.  If captured by the…

Rector McAlevey and the Board of Trustees issued a statement Friday denying that they are erasing history on the campus of W&L. Yet their message rings hollow.  They are saying in effect: “We’re not erasing history.  We’re just whitewashing it.”  They have literally whitewashed Lee Chapel. They promise to preserve W&L history in a future museum…

Now they’re coming after Lee’s horse. by GARLAND S. TUCKER III THE NATION’S PULSE Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee astride his horse, Traveller, in Gettysburg (MGS/Shutterstock) Americans have a longstanding love affair with their pets. Polls by Gallup and Pew Research consistently show that a majority of Americans have pets and consider the pets family members. Not surprisingly, pets…

We live in tumultuous times.  Many say that America is in the midst of a culture war, which sounds hyperbolic or abstract to a lot of people. It is not so abstract now that it has come to Lexington.  We are experiencing firsthand the impact of “progressivism” on the campus of W&L with the recent,…

Frank Hill, Opinion NORTH STATE JOURNAL A century from today, future historians may look back at a single incident and wonder if it was not one of the most absurd acts in American history ― assuming, of course, the USA survives until 2123 and anyone cares about it any longer. Washington and Lee University, better known…

President Dudley is hell-bent on eliminating all references to Robert E. Lee from the campus of W&L.  And now that Lee has been almost completely erased, Dudley is going after Traveller.  That’s right.  We’re not exaggerating!  Robert E. Lee’s beloved equestrian companion, who served with Lee through some of our nation’s most historic battles, and…

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages. George WashingtonLetter to General Philip SchuylerAugust 20, 1775 Over the last several years of TGR’s campaign to roll back the woke measures by which the Washington and Lee administration, faculty, and Board of Trustees have been steadily destroying the traditional values of the institution, almost every…