The Encyclopedia Britannica has a website for children — Britannica Kids — but it was recently discovered that that website contained entries on Israel and Palestine that filled their young readers with dreamy misinformation about place names, and who lived when, and where, in the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. The UK […]
Daughter of Senior Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran Fired From Emory Medical School
Ali Larijani is a member of Iran’s senior leadership, and a relentless enforcer of the crackdown on Iranian protesters that so far has led to the deaths of 36,500 and the wounding of 330,000. He rants against the Great Satan, America, and even more against the Little Satan, Israel. Two weeks ago, he insisted that […]
How Qatar Corrupts Georgetown and Many Others
Qatar is that nasty little emirate on the Persian Gulf, owned by the Al-Thani family, that owes its hold on the world’s attention solely to the fact that it sits on the third largest reservoir of natural gas in the world. Culturally, it does not exist. Qatar has made hundreds of billions of dollars from […]
One of These Is Not a Poem (#763 in a series)
A Quoi Bon Dire by Charlotte Mew Seventeen years ago you said Something that sounded like Good-bye; And everybody thinks that you are dead, But I. So I, as I grow stiff and cold To this and that say Good-bye too; And everybody sees that I am old But you. And one fine morning in […]
Lefty Yale professor who fled US over Trump now scolds Canadians who want to visit US as ‘naive,’ ‘traitors’
Leftist American former Yale professor Jason Stanley is revered in the bowels of leftist academia. He once felt protected at Yale, until Trump retaliated against the Marxist takeover of campuses. Now he’s escaped to Canada to his safe space at the University of Toronto, where he’s on a roll. “Yale professor who fled US because […]
Qatar as Daddy Warbucks
Fabulously rich from the sale of its natural gas — it has the third largest gas reserves in the world, after Russia and Iran — the Emirate of Qatar has perfected the art of winning influence through what is demurely called “soft power,” that is, the kind of power that not armies, but only money […]
Professor Hankins Resigns From Harvard
James Hankins is, or was until just now, a distinguished professor of history at Harvard, where he taught the history of Renaissance thought. He has now resigned, making his reasons known in a public letter. There are two: first, he deplores the abandonment of teaching about the history of Western civilization in favor of teaching […]
Witnesses say Brown University gunman who murdered two students screamed ‘Allahu akbar’
This was fairly clear from the initial reports to those who are aware of how the media tries to obfuscate jihad activity. The New York Post reported Sunday about the shooter that “witnesses revealed he shouted something before opening fire. Detectives are still trying to figure out what was said by the gunman…” Yeah, sure, […]
Israeli Professor Wins Her Lawsuit Against UC Berkeley, But There Is More Trouble There
The usual nauseating tale: an Israeli professor of dance, Yael Nativ, had taught at UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance in 2022. She discharged her task well, but when she applied to teach the subject again, she was turned down. The official in charge of hiring explained that her presence would have so […]
The Hunger Strike Tactics of Students for Justice in Palestine
In the two years since October 7, the anti-Israel campus group known as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has dwindled from a force to a farce. From occupying buildings, disrupting classes, and setting up encampments, it now resorts to hunger strikes. Not long ago, SJP members were threatening to take over every campus until […]