No Menorahs, Please
Is allowing a Hanukkah celebration really an endorsement of killing? Source link Recently, many cities across the United States have taken a stance against placing menorahs in public places to celebrate Hanukkah. This is in response to a long-standing Constitutional precedent that public displays of religious symbols must be balanced out on a proportional basis. […]
The Ivy League Mask Falls
The furor over antisemitism on campus is a rare and welcome example of accountability at American universities. But it won’t amount to much if the only result is the resignation of a couple of university presidents. The great benefit of last week’s performance by three elite-school presidents before Congress is that it tore the mask […]
Wisconsin's Very Own Roe v. Wade?
A judge finds an 1849 abortion law doesn’t ban abortion after all. Source link Wisconsin is never one to shy away from moral dilemmas or political debate. The current rift in the state around Roe v. Wade is no exception. In June 2019, the state Legislature passed Senate Bill 179, which would make abortion in […]
Israel’s Message in Gaza to Iran and Hezbollah
Gaza City Northern Gaza has been flattened. It isn’t just another combat zone. The area will need years of rebuilding before Palestinian civilians can live there. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link Despite recent peace deals between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors, the security situation in […]
Trump as Dictator Is a Classic Case of Projection
If you haven’t heard, Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are planning a coup. “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable,” Robert Kagan, an editor at large at the Washington Post, writes in a recent 6,000-word essay that compares America’s fractious democracy with Weimar Germany. Budding opinion writers are instructed not to draw inapt comparisons to […]
Notable & Quotable: DEI at UW
‘The deal would have restructured dozens of diversity staff into positions serving all students and frozen the total number of diversity positions.’ Source link In recent years, institutions of higher learning have come under increasing scrutiny to embrace initiatives that ensure diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within their organizations. The University of Washington (UW) is […]
Investor Group Launches $5.8 Billion Buyout Bid for Macy’s
An investor group has made a $5.8 billion offer to buy Macy’s, in a bid to take the famed department-store chain private after stiff competition from online rivals took a big bite out of its value. Arkhouse Management, a real-estate focused investing firm, and Brigade Capital Management, a global asset manager, on Dec. 1 submitted […]
Tariffs Are for Losers
There is a bipartisan zeal for policies that misallocate capital and raise prices. Source link The phrase “tariffs are for losers” is increasingly becoming a popular idiom within the international trading community. A tariff is a kind of tax imposed by one country on imported goods entering their borders from another country; effectively making them […]
Cigna Calls Off Humana Pursuit, Plans Big Stock Buyback
Updated Dec. 10, 2023 12:38 pm ET Cigna abandoned its pursuit of a tie-up with Humana that would have created a roughly $140 billion giant in the health-insurance industry. The companies couldn’t come to agreement on price and other financial terms, according to people familiar with the matter. In the near term, Cigna is turning […]
What to Know About Elizabeth Magill, the Penn President Who Resigned
The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after she came under fire for her responses at a congressional hearing on Tuesday in which she was pressed, along with the presidents of Harvard and M.I.T., on whether students calling for the genocide of Jews should be disciplined. Ms. Magill […]