Not a Day Care

What has happened to the American spirit? We've gone from "e;Give me liberty, or give me death!"e; to "e;Take care of me, please."e; Our colleges were once bastions of free speech; now they're bastions of speech codes. Our culture once rewarded independence; now it rewards victimhood. Parents once taught their kids how to fend for themselves; now, any parent who tries may get a visit from the police.In Not a Day Care, Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and author of the viral essay, "e;This Is Not a Day Care. It's a University!,"e; takes a hard look at what's happening around the country-including the demand for "e;safe spaces"e; and trigger warnings at universities like Yale, Brandeis, and Oberlin-and digs in his heels against the sad and dangerous infantilization of the American spirit.