Pride cometh before a Faull

Yesterday, I got a hate mail from a feminist at Bucknell. I will do the same three things with this hate mail that I...

Welcome to Integrity 101

Dear (name deleted): I received your message indicating surprise and disappointment with your final grade this semester. In your message, you said “I did...

Whistling Dixon

Dear President Jacobs ([email protected]): I am writing to express my grave disappointment with media relations personnel at The University of Toledo. I have submitted to...

My Guns Are Pretty (And Safer Than Your Tattoos)

There’s nothing more annoying than getting a complaint about my gun collection from a feminist with a tattoo on her lower back. I don’t...

A New Definition of Feminism

Recently, a bright, young, conservative woman told me I had gone too far in my criticism of feminism. She even said my harsh criticism...

Of Mice and Mormons, Part II

In the master’s program referred to in part one of this series, all students are required to take a class in “sex therapy.” A...

Deep Thoughts in Plain White English

Dr. Adams, My name is Claire. I am working on a story for the school newspaper, The (UNCW) Seahawk, about Dr. Maurice Martinez and his...

Allah My Love

Dear Women’s Resource Center: For years, I have been trying to get you to link the WRC website with the local Crisis Pregnancy Center website....

The Un-Aborted Obama

Hello Barry. I’ve decided to write you a few questions in response to the unsolicited emails I keep getting from BarackObama.com. Since most of...

Operation cockroach

The 2005-2006 academic year was, by far, the best I’ve had since moving to the front lines of the campus cultural wars. Several First...

Left State University

William Irvine is a professor of philosophy at Wright State University. He is one of the most courageous and honest professors in the country....

The old rugged cross-dresser

Recently, a man dressed as a woman — who happens to teach at UNC-Chapel Hill (http://www.cs.unc.edu/~vicci) - wrote a letter to my Chair, Dean,...

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Originally written Feb. 28 2007 Be sure to read the followup to this here. Yesterday afternoon, I logged on to the “Global War” blog (global-war.bloghi.com) of...

Jihad Jane and the Jews

For weeks, I have toyed with the idea of writing a column about Ward Churchill. I just can’t seem to muster the energy....

Wolf Packers

Last week, I wrote about a situation at NC State University involving interference with the dissemination of Christian literature on the grounds that it...