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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Too PC?

(Fox News) - The Conservative Young America's Foundation has released its list of Politically Correct Abuses of 2008.

Topping the list is California’s Yuba College, which banned a student from handing out gospel literature or face possible expulsion. The school also limits free speech to just two hours each week in designated free-speech areas.

The list includes Minnesota’s University of Saint Thomas which banned a pro-life speaker but hosted a transgendered activist who believes God is a black lesbian.

Then there is Deerfield High School in Illinois which required literature students to read the book "Angels in America: a Gay Fantasia on National Themes."

Also included is a Claremont, California Elementary School that barred students from dressing like pilgrims and Indians during Thanksgiving to avoid racial stereotypes, Florida's Gulf Coast University which tried to do away with Christmas activities in favor of an ugly-sweater competition and Columbia University for its handling of a student election on the question of returning the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps to campus.

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