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November 2017

November 03, 2017

Double Standard in Academic Life

This was reported this week. A student mentioned that there were several Islamic countries that...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Active Listening as a Solution to U.S. Tribalism

A little while ago I ran across this great article on tribalism in the United...

October 26, 2017

About that Fertility Clinic Abortion Question

One thing that has been circling around my facebook newfeed lately is a “challenge” by...

October 24, 2017

Christians and Intellectual Endeavors

Foreword: I am currently working on a project dealing with developing a Christian community in...

October 20, 2017

President Trump, Harvey Weinstein and the Lost Opportunity for Moral Authority.

I am tired of hearing about Harvey Weinstein. I bet you are as well. If...

October 16, 2017

Is Hostility Towards Christians Increasing – No, but…

Anti-Christian hostility has not significantly increased over the past few decades, but it has gotten...

October 12, 2017

Lessons Learned at the FIRE Conference

This past weekend I attended the first conference of the Foundation for the Individual Rights...

October 09, 2017

Why Christians Should be the Biggest Advocates of Religious Freedom For Muslims

Christians ought to passionate defenders of the religious liberties of others.

October 05, 2017

Gun Control and Mass Shootings.

When I woke up Monday morning and turned on the television, I was horrified, along...

October 02, 2017

Neither Republicans Nor Democrats Want Me

This seems pretty simply. Republicans should reach out to people of color, and Democrats should...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

Are We Two Nations?

Can we, as a society, deal with cultural differences and maintain our national identity?

September 26, 2017

A Few Random Thoughts about the NFL

As most of you know, the NFL this weekend was full of players protesting the...

September 21, 2017

Is the Lack of Support of Free Speech on College Campuses a Sign of a Bleaker Future?

Many people believe that if they allow their political enemies to have free speech rights,...

September 18, 2017

The Academic Reason Why There Are So Few Conservatives in Academia

It seems that about every six months or so I see an article arguing that...

September 14, 2017

Needed: College Administrators with some Guts

In my last blog entry I pointed out several incidents where students were attempting to...

September 12, 2017

Understanding and Combatting the Anti-Free Speech Movement on College Campuses

One way out of this situation is to teach real critical thinking. That means to...

September 07, 2017

This Class is not a Safe Space

Next week I am going to concentrate on the issue of academic freedom and the...

September 04, 2017

Do Progressives Really Believe in Public Accommodation?

Last year I offered progressives an opportunity to show their ideological consistency. Many of them...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

What is Fake News?

A new word has entered our political discourse – fake news. It was the term...

August 28, 2017

Trump Will Not Save You

At one time, conservative Christians were highly likely link private morality to fitness for office....

August 24, 2017

Can we Listen?

One of my facebook friends sent me this Ted video. She knows how much I...

August 21, 2017

Moral Weariness in a Trump World

President’s Trump argument that there was hate on all sides literally takes the wind out...

August 15, 2017

Should Obama Have Treated Black Lives Matter Like the KKK?

If one is still inclined to link BLM to KKK, please consider the foolishness of...

August 14, 2017

Living in the Era of Identity Politics

Individuals are making their political decisions based on what is best for their particular group...

August 10, 2017

Politics and the Progressive Christian

I spent the first two of my first three blog entries (seen here and here)...

August 07, 2017

Why the Title Shattering Paradigms?

As a Christian the most influential book in my life is the Holy Bible. Nothing...

August 03, 2017

Who is Responsible for Kaepernick’s Unemployment?

It was the anti-free speech left that did this. I think a lot of Christian...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Welcome to Shattering Paradigms

Welcome. Let me introduce myself. My name is George Yancey. I am a sociology professor...

July 25, 2017

Hello world!

Stay tuned. Blogging begins next Monday!!!