Blahbitty blah blah blah: Since I first arrived here as an undergraduate in 1973, I cannot recall a period of comparable tension on our campus and across our community. That tension has been exacerbated by concerns about how we address … Continue reading →
Commenter “Mike K” writes: The sad and infuriating thing about what was done to Roland Fryer is that he was a genuine academic star. No need for that thumb on the scale or affirmative action. The book “The Bell Curve” … Continue reading →
Another aspect of Claudine Gay’s illustrious career as a Harvard administrator: …[I]n the face of numerous mounting scandals, many are defending Gay by claiming that the attacks against her are racial in nature. They are not. They are all well … Continue reading →
And of course it’s not just Harvard. Would that it were. But the problem is pervasive in academia and beyond. This Legal Insurrection piece spotlights an excellent editorial by Rabbi David Wolpe in the Harvard Crimson. Wolpe, who is a … Continue reading →
I assume she’ll now achieve a sort of martyr status on the left: the racist right plus the Jews drove her out, or something like that. At any rate, Gay has resigned. I believe it was more the plagiarism evidence … Continue reading →
There is no better illustration of the extremity of Harvard’s double standards based on identity politics than the difference between the school’s treatment of Harvard presidents Larry Summers and Claudine Gay. Summers probably could never even be chosen as Harvard’s … Continue reading →
It won’t be easy, that’s for sure. But at least more people have become aware of the problem. Commenter “J.J.” writes: The solution for change, I submit, is to cut off the money. State legislatures can do this in red … Continue reading →
There have been demands that the three presidents – of Harvard, MIT, and Penn – step down because of their refusal to define calls for genocide of Jews as “harassment” and their insistence that it be put into “context” instead. … Continue reading →
There are some things that should have long been obvious to anyone who has taken a close and thoughtful look at them. One is the leftist takeover of almost every university; with concomitant moral relativism, double standards on free speech … Continue reading →
You can see some of the new Israeli findings about Hamas terrorist activity in Shifa hostpital here. But no matter how strong the evidence, you can also see – especially if you follow the reaction on social media – denial … Continue reading →
O’Neill writes: It is time to ask ourselves if our woke elites are not just Hamas’s useful idiots, but its unofficial spindoctors. Not just excuse-makers for Islamist barbarism, but authors of the very justifications the Islamists offer up for their … Continue reading →
When I first became very active online, the search engine Google was rather new. I noticed quite early that, when I would be doing a search for content on Israel or Jews, the first page or two of results were … Continue reading →