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 →
If the horrific situation in the Middle East can be said to have any pluses, probably the only one would be that it has underlined the destructive state of academia in the US today. I use the word “underlined” rather … Continue reading →
I am calling for a complete and total shutdown of all Middle East studies departments in American universities until we can figure out what the hell is going on. — Steven F. Hayward (@stevenfhayward) October 16, 2023 Actually, we know … Continue reading →
“Republicans are mean” is pretty much the story told by Democrats, and has been for a long time, and it’s often very successful. I don’t think there’s a Democrat I know – and I know plenty of them – who … Continue reading →
Affirmative action is a subset of what the brilliant Thomas Sowell called The Quest For Cosmic Justice (and if you’ve never read that book I highly recommend doing so). Here’s Sowell: Cosmic justice is not about the rules of the … Continue reading →
The decision was 6-3, so all the Republican-appointed justices were with the majority and all the Democrat-appointed justices dissented. That’s a bit of a surprise; I thought there might be more defections from the Republican side. William Jacobson writes: The … Continue reading →
No more. It’s not as though science has always been a pure meritocracy, however. For example, even I can remember, back in my youth, when women were discouraged in many ways from going into scientific fields, although it was possible … Continue reading →
Mac Donald writes about the recent Stanford event at which law students shouted down a conservative judge’s speech, and the school’s DEI officer seemed to take the students’ side: At 7.02am on March 9th, the morning of Duncan’s planned speech, … Continue reading →
The so-called top law schools are nothing like they were when I attended one. There was already a leftist element back then, but it probably consisted of less than a quarter of the faculty. The courses were relatively non-political, too, … Continue reading →