The New Segregation on Campus
UCLA’s medical school divides students by race to teach ‘antiracism.’ Source link
Genocide Gets Political at the U.N.
The United Nations has done little while Russia has slaughtered innocent Ukrainians, but suddenly the body has a cause it can get behind—charging Israel with genocide for the crime of self-defense. The U.N.’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings Thursday on South Africa’s charge that the Jewish state is committing genocide in its war […]
Superstar Romances, Then and Now
In the 1950s, it was DiMaggio and Monroe. Today, it’s Kelce and Swift. Source link
How 'Evangelical' Are Iowa's Evangelicals?
The adulteration of a theological term into a secular political and demographic label. Source link
Trump vs. the Non-RINOs
DeSantis and Haley are both products of the Republican Party he transformed. Source link
A Fiscal Commission on the National Debt? Good Luck With That
As Congress begins a new session, the price of government expansion during the pandemic is coming into sharper focus. The national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product will soon surpass records set in World War II, and bipartisan support is rising in both the House and Senate for another fiscal commission to tackle […]
A Message for Ukraine
Wednesday’s Republican debate suggests Washington will be putting more conditions on aid. Source link
Who’s Holding Up the Ivory Tower?
Claudine Gay herself best stated the issue of her brief presidency of Harvard. When her appointment was announced, she declared that “the idea of the Ivory Tower, that is the past, not the future, of academia.” We must be a “part” of society, not outside it. What is the difference she invokes? The Ivory Tower is […]
Angry German Farmers Win a Street Fight Over Climate
European farmers have been staging peasants’ revolts for centuries, so you’d think politicians would have learned by now to avoid annoying them. Apparently not, with tractors blocking highways and town squares across Germany this week. The proximate cause of the unrest in Europe’s largest economy is net-zero climate policy. Berlin is in the grip of […]
The President’s Men Don’t Go AWOL
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s disappearance story will strike anyone who has served in a senior administration role as bizarre. When you are entrusted with high-level public responsibilities, the expectation is that you are always available. Top officials like Mr. Austin occupy what is known as the PAS level—presidentially appointed, Senate confirmed. PAS officials don’t even […]