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Summary: Very Scary.....
Review: "Please note that the only negative review, so far, is "Scary Stuff". I find it interesting that it's written by an "anonymous" Canadian, who's ancestors were probably frightened off by those "radicals" that thought freedom was worth fighting for!!"Freedom is well worth fighting for. This is why the neo-conservative, bible-thumping must be kept out of institutions of higher learning (although I don't imagine many US universities qualify for that title.) Fighting the good fight means keeping universities open and Liberal...not closed to all but conservatives. Adams' fringe ideas are prime examples of a closed environment and proof of conservative anti-itellectualism - essentially if you can think for yourself, you're a liberal and can see through the right-wing clap-trap - and you will be muzzled as un-patriotic by conservatives.
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Summary: How did this happen?
Review: 'Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel' is an insightful look into the sad state of our universities today. How did this happen? Who can we blame? Clearly, the state legislatures that fund our universities with taxpayer money make this corruption possible. But the real blame goes to an uninformed electorate. Hopefully, Dr. Adams' book will help enlighten the voting public. They sure won't hear this stuff on the CBS Evening News...
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Summary: right on, baby
Review: Adams. Thanks for saying what I have wanted to say for years. Hilarious and vicarious!
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Summary: Fear ye not, fellow conservatives...
Review: Dr Mike S. Adams' indictment of the leftist activities within the UNC system is staggering. Surely, if you are reading this review, you will likely also read some of the negative reviews. To you I say this: In case it is not glaringly obvious, the negative reviews are written by readers on the left.
If you wish to peer into the "bowels" of the liberal left structure in the UNC system, do read this book. And to those who would take to heart the disparaging words against Dr Adams' prose, do not pay them any mind. This book is not only well written from a "use of the English language" point of view, it is also quite humorous in its unveiling of hypocracies and outright lies of self-important college professors and administrators at UNC-W and elsewhere (one professor swore someone put "tear gas" in her office).
Do understand that Dr Adams only speaks of that which he has been quite directly involved in, and thusly the book largely encompasses the iniquities of the UNC system. Points covered are unconstitutional speech codes, outright bias toward Christian student groups, favoritism toward liberal speakers, the use of public monies to pay for such speakers, school-sponsored showings of the Vagina Monologues, and altogether too much more.
This book was a quick read because I was and still am very interested in seeing that America's places of higher learning start teaching and stop indoctrinating the future leaders of our great country.
My recommendation: Do buy the book. Or, better yet, buy it from dradams.org and get yourself a signed copy.
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Summary: Today's liberal higher educational system, the truth...
Review: Dr. Mike Adams writes clearly, honestly and in today's educational and political context. His premise regards the loss of Constitutional rights within the "higher learning" system of today's tax supported university system. His experience as a Criminal Justice Professor at University of North Carolina-Wilmington (UNCW) provides the background and dramatic insight into what is wrong in education today. He has taken personal experiences, letters, emails, and other correspondence and woven them into a book that should have been published long ago by others involved in higher education. The content of his book is drawn from his deeply personal experience with students, fellow faculty members and the UNCW administration. His background, from liberal to conservative, is well and honestly documented. Dr. Adams provides irrefutable, documented facts demonstrating that the liberal education establishment is actively engaged in promoting the liberal/left-wing agenda, and smothering free speech and open discourse for those who do not adhere to the liberal line. Those free speech rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. That university students subjected to same are hearing and seeing only one side of their purported education, becomes obvious as one reads his carefully documented references. Dr. Adams did not, in my opinion, write this book for self aggrandizement, but only to inform the public of what their children are subjected to at university, and how their tax dollars are spent at public institutions. He is sincere in his desire to see that open discourse is allowed for all students, professors and the campus organizations to which they belong. Open and free speech for all, as described in his book, is what I believe is the true meaning of "diversity". All parents of current or prospective students of higher education and those whose taxes support public colleges and universities should read Dr. Adams book.
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Summary: Frightening, indeed
Review: First, I'd like to point out the irony of the two negative reviews for this book. Neither address specific points about the book, they simply resort to pathological slander. In their zeal to poke holes in Adams and his book, they inadvertantly reinforce every single point he makes. (To the reviewer who said that American universities don't qualify as "higher learning," why have I heard of no Canadian schools that match the renown of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the like?) Adams weaves some interesting stories together into a frightening tapestry. Partisan extremity in universities has not only interfered with the students' ability to learn, it has essentially taken them out of the spotlight as the centers of enlightened debate (a title now reserved for the Internet). Instead, they've become frightening institutions for brainwashing and propagandizing. Adams writes very simply and unpretentiously, making it a very easy-to-read book. I finished it in two days and enjoyed every minute of it. Anyone with an interest in free speech and the intellectual integrity of academia will enjoy it, too.
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Summary: great book
Review: I am a life-long Democrat who found Adams' book to be brilliant. I am not sure what qualifies as right wing or left wing. But I do know a fascinating academic dissident when I see one. This book is truly inspirational.
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Summary: A truly important book
Review: I am a true classical liberal. First about the book: This is a collection of observations of true to life happenings at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Some of it truly seems stranger than fiction (such as the liberal black woman administrator who thinks the Wilmington police followed her to Hawaii just to put fecal matter on the sheets). It gives a vivid and often disturbing picture as to how the paranoid liberals in the university system are squelching dissenting opinion and using thug-like tactics to shut out any conservative voice. The worst of this is that in this environment, it is the student that suffers. (...)
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Summary: great book
Review: I could not put this book down. Adams is definitely more like Barry than Coulter in my opinion.
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Summary: Honesty is Refreshing
Review: I devoured this book in one day. It was electrifying, disturbing and entertaining all at once. I could not put it down. As a graduate of UNC-CH, it affirmed my understanding of university life. This is an important read for parents and students and anyone interested in cultural diversity within the university system.
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