The Problem with Always Siding with the Underdog
Why Garry Trudeau is wrong about Charlie Hebdo.
April 15, 2015
Connecticut College Surrenders to the Digital Lynch Mob
A professor compared Hamas to “a rabid pit-bull.” Guess what happened next.
Last February, a student at Connecticut College discovered a Facebook post from the previous summer in which philosophy professor Andrew Pessin compared Hamas to “a rabid pit-bull.” The student complained to the professor via email; he apologized, admitted that the post could be misconstrued as speaking of Gazans in general, and took down the post. Then, David Bernstein writes, things got interesting:
April 15, 2015
Russia Considers Selling Iran Powerful Missiles; the U.S. Shrugs
American “red lines” aren’t what they used to be.
Connecticut College Surrenders to the Digital Lynch Mob
A professor compared Hamas to “a rabid pit-bull.” Guess what happened next.
The Baruch Brothers Choir: Serbian Jewry’s 136-Year-Old Singing Group
3,300 Jews in Serbia, and a choir.
Why Did Late Bronze-Age Civilization Collapse?
Climate change, drought, earthquakes, invasions, rebellions.