Anand Anandalingam

Why Does Academia Have Radical Left Faculty? (Long Read)

Appeared in Substack on August 28, 2025 https://anandanandalingam649613.substack.com/p/why-does-academia-have-radical-left?r=o7w77 According to Donald J. Trump universities are full of “radical left” faculty and that educational institutions are “obsessed with indoctrinating America’s youth” about the world with leftist views and perspectives. Targeting “Marxist maniacs and lunatics”, President Trump has vowed to “fire the radical Left accreditors” and replaceContinueContinue reading “Why Does Academia Have Radical Left Faculty? (Long Read)”

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are the Pillars of the American Value System

Appeared in SUBSTACK on June 16, 2025 https://anandanandalingam649613.substack.com/p/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-are?r=o7w77 When I was Dean of the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, I came to the realization that there were no tenure-track women faculty members in the Finance Department of over twenty-five professors: zero! Finance was the largest major among business undergraduates at theContinueContinue reading “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are the Pillars of the American Value System”

Academia Needs New Leadership in Fighting Trump Agenda

Read on Substack The Trump administration is being very aggressive in attacking several central pillars of higher education in the United States. And rather than fighting back, the leaders of academia are cowering under this intense onslaught. Several opinion pieces in reputed publications have urged academia to explain to the Trump administration and the generalContinueContinue reading “Academia Needs New Leadership in Fighting Trump Agenda”

MAGA Won’t Cry, Not Now Anyway

President Donald Trump and Major Domo Elon Musk are embarking on cost cutting at the federal level that is making everyone’s head spin. Every day we hear directly from respected news sources that federal employees have been asked to stay at home in several departments, some with compensation and some outright by being laid off.ContinueContinue reading “MAGA Won’t Cry, Not Now Anyway”

A Deeper Divide is Being Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 has enabled a vast swarth of professionals to work from home. Those at the bottom of the economic ladder who work directly with people are going to be further affected adversely.

Universal Basic Income: The Time Has Come

With the economic downturn caused by the lockdown and also the potential replacement of manual jobs by robots, the U.S. needs to seriously think again about using universal basic income to avert severe poverty in the population.

Coronavirus Conundrum: The Democrats Dilemma

In these uncertain, stressful and turbulent times caused by the tiny Coronavirus, we can be certain of two things: First, it is certain that this novel coronavirus will pass as all pandemics do. Second, almost certainly Donald Trump will win a second term as President and it will be the fault of the DemocraticContinueContinue reading “Coronavirus Conundrum: The Democrats Dilemma”

The U.S. Undermines Its Democracy Much Better Than the Russians

First Published June 2018 Just recently, the five conservative members of the Supreme Court upheld Ohio’s practice of purging its voter rolls based on a failure to vote in previous elections. The state mails a notice to anyone who does not vote in two consecutive years; if the person does not respond and fails toContinueContinue reading “The U.S. Undermines Its Democracy Much Better Than the Russians”

Social Values Needed to Direct Artificial Intelligence Advancements

The promise of artificial intelligence seems to be all the rage today. The media is full of wide-eyed discussions about the promise of AI and how this is going to transform economies and societies. The technology has certainly moved from the labs into every day lives. It is currently being used in medical devices, smart-homeContinueContinue reading “Social Values Needed to Direct Artificial Intelligence Advancements”

End Injustice: Opioid Crisis vs Drug War (appeared in The Hill 9/28/2017)

There is no doubt in the next budget significant money will be allocated in a bipartisan way to fight the opioid epidemic, and rightly so. It is imperative that Congress should also allocate equivalent money for those that need rehabilitation from drug related imprisonment. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation around 33,000 died from overdosingContinueContinue reading “End Injustice: Opioid Crisis vs Drug War (appeared in The Hill 9/28/2017)”