There Is No Such Thing as a Right to Enrich
And the U.S. shouldn’t acknowledge one, even in theory.
April 21, 2026
“You have handed Israel’s enemies a piece of propaganda the likes of which they could never have dreamed.”
On Sunday, an image circulated on social media of an Israeli soldier using a hammer to deface a statue of Jesus in the Lebanese town of Debel. The IDF first announced that it was investigating the incident, then, having verified it, condemned the soldier and made clear that he would be disciplined. Thereafter Prime Minister Netanyahu issued an even more full-throated condemnation.
And the U.S. shouldn’t acknowledge one, even in theory.
“You have handed Israel’s enemies a piece of propaganda the likes of which they could never have dreamed.”
Scholarship is supposed to stand above the fray. Claudine Gay thought otherwise.
Artemis II and Apollo 8.
Substantiating a legend.
On Sunday, an image circulated on social media of an Israeli soldier using a hammer to deface a statue of Jesus in the Lebanese town of Debel. The IDF first announced that it was investigating the incident, then, having verified it, condemned the soldier and made clear that he would be disciplined. Thereafter Prime Minister Netanyahu issued an even more full-throated condemnation.
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