Robert Weissberg

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Robert Weissberg is a native New Yorker with a Ph.D from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has taught at Cornell University and University of Illinois-Urbana. He is the author of 11 books and is currently retired and living in New York City.


Modest Proposals

Deterring Bullies: The “Karate Kid” Program

Deterring Bullies: The “Karate Kid” Program

The Obama Administration has declared war on school bullies. The Department of

Crime

Black on Black

Black on Black

The flap over Henry Lewis Gates and arresting officer James Crowley was supposed to be

Diversity

Is She Good for the Latinos? (Really)

Is She Good for the Latinos? (Really)

The debate over Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court has generated

Mind the Gap

President Obama recently offered up his solution to America’s educational deficiencies,

A Kinder, Gentler Totalitarianism

A Kinder, Gentler Totalitarianism

On February 18th 2009, Eric Holder, our first African American Attorney General gave a

Dumb is the New Smart: The Perversions of American Education

Dumb is the New Smart: The Perversions of American Education

Under the general topic of malevolence, wickedness, and evil, a vocabulary exists for