SINGLING OUT THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT
WATCH: Victor Davis Hanson: An American’s Case for Israel | Robinson’s Podcast #191: Robinson Erhardt, YouTube, Jan. 22, 2024 — … In this episode, which is the second in an installment of three considering different perspectives on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Robinson and Victor discuss his appraisal of the situation as a military historian, some of the contentious claims on both sides that are repeated in the media, how the conflict is discussed on college campuses, and how equality ought to be achieved.
WATCH: “The Treason of the Intellectuals,” with Niall Ferguson | Uncommon Knowledge: Hoover Institution, Jan. 11, 2024 — Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. In this interview, Ferguson discusses his stunning essay “The Treason of the Intellectuals,” published in December 2023 in the Free Press.
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Opportunity, Not Tragedy: Liel Leibovitz, City Journal, Jan. 30, 2024
Harvard’s Tragic Journey: Ruth R. Wisse, Commentary Magazine, February 2024
Harvard Alums Run Outsider Campaign to Overhaul Presidential Selection Process, Eliminate DEI: Caroline Downey, National Review, Jan. 31, 2024
Why America’s Richest Universities Are Protecting Hate-Filled Foreign Students: Tony Badran, Tablet, Jan. 30, 2024
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The Harvard of the Unwoke: James Taranto, WSJ, Jan. 19, 2024 — Would calls for the genocide of Jews be a violation of the University of Florida’s bullying and harassment policy? “Yes,” says Ben Sasse, UF’s president.
Two Friends—One Jewish, One Muslim—Have an Answer to Campus Conflict: Jennifer Brick Murtazashyiu and Abdesalam Soudi, Tablet, Jan. 16, 2024 — We are two professors at the University of Pittsburgh—one Jewish, one Muslim. We are also close friends. We have seen American college campuses torn apart by conflict this fall, but we believe there is another way. A way for us to move forward.
Harvard Antisemitism Task Force Chairman Skips Panel on Antisemitism amid Backlash over Endorsement of Anti-Israel Smear: David Zimmermann, National Review, Jan. 29, 2024 — The head of Harvard University’s new antisemitism task force cancelled his appearance at a panel on antisemitism over the weekend after facing criticism for endorsing a statement that called Israel a “regime of apartheid.”
‘Dark Money Nightmare’: How Qatar Bought the Ivy League: Robert Williams, Gatestone Institute, Dec. 31, 2024 — The hapless testimony by three Ivy League university presidents from Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce can be traced to Qatar and its insidious campaign to buy itself influence in US academia.