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Last week, Fresno State's Randa Jarrar put on public display why so many Americans despise the institution: After a
in which she defamed the recently deceased Barbara Bush, she clogged ASU's suicide hotline by tweeting out its phone number. During the controversy, a
in which Jarrar is endorsing the hijacking of airplanes (1:03), Tips Fedora Meme , and making a lewd sexual gesture (1:55).
None of that matters. As she bragged at the time, she will never lose her $100,000-per-year job. She was correct. She will
think higher education is positive for the country.
Now, Canadians are being treated to their own academic freak show. The University of Alberta will give an honorary doctorate degree to David Suzuki, an anti-GMO, environmental activist who has spent much of his career undermining science... from within academia.
that they are perfectly safe. Instead, he believes, "Any politician or scientist who tells you these products are safe is either very stupid or lying." This and many other of his transgressions have been extensively documented by the Genetic Literacy Project in a profile aptly titled, "
David Suzuki: Canada's 'science guy' turned eccentric anti-GMO, chemical scaremonger?
Suzuki believes that GMOs and many safe pesticides should be banned.
Suzuki claimed, without evidence, that 90% of cancers are due to environmental causes, such as pesticides and "thousands of different molecules synthesized by chemists."
, believes that Canada should stop accepting immigrants because they're bad for the environment.
to the University of Alberta, Vancouver-based writer Vivian Krause recalls her investigation into what she believed was scientific misconduct by the David Suzuki Foundation. University of Alberta's Dean of Engineering, Fraser Forbes,
Of course, these complaints -- as they usually do -- fall on deaf ears. David Turpin, the President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Alberta,
the honorary degree because of Suzuki's "promotion of science literacy."
That's the sort of statement that could only be made in an Orwellian universe -- where up is down, right is wrong, and the truth is just a matter of opinion. But that's the state of academia in 2018.
joined the American Council on Science and Health as Senior Fellow of Biomedical Science in May 2016. Dr. Berezow is a prolific science writer whose work has appeared in multiple outlets, including
, where he serves as a member of the Board of Contributors. In 2017, he published
Dr. Berezow has spoken to a wide variety of audiences about science, from graduate school seminars and church congregations to national TV and radio programs. Formerly, he was the founding editor of RealClearScience. He holds a Ph.D. in microbiology.
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