“There are countries that do not tolerate speech critical of the government and its institutions. There are countries where citizens who publicly disagree with the actions of the government and its institutions are condemned as disloyal citizens, investigated and tried. There are countries where people with political views that differ from those of the governing authorities are subject to governmental abuse and ruin just because of their political opinions. We have a name for these countries. They are totalitarian.“
Category Archives: Education
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“We have all been subverted.”
Blue States
Republicans are a growing threat to Democrats there.
The Bureaucracy
SCOTUS may finally shrink it.
From Abbey Gate To Gaza
The failure will continue until there is accountability.
Unfortunately, there will be no opportunity for accountability until November.
My Decision To Leave Academia
I suspect a lot of people are feeling this way. Which, of course, just means that the problem will get worse, until the system finally implodes.
Glenn Loury
What he taught me.
Campus Anti-Semitism
It’s nothing new.
In addition, the New York Times covered for both Hitler and Stalin.
[Update a while later]
Campus protesters have experienced some kind of psychiatric break.
It certainly appears that way. They are demonstrably nuts.
[Thursday-morning update]
The real cause of anti-Semitism on campus.
And a survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution says that the Red Guards are back.
Gaza Versus The Uighurs
Thoughts on Israelis as “white colonizers.”
And apparently some women will adopt the most vile political stances if in so doing they get to wear fashionable scarves, even if (or maybe especially if) they’re made by slave labor in China.
On The Hamas Encampments
Yes, this won’t end until there is very real pain suffered by these universities. As Glenn says, make them pay.
[Update a few minutes later]