The Treason of the Intellectuals: Nial Ferguson, The Free Press, Dec. 11, 2023
If a University President Is Dreadful, Fire Him/Her/They/Ze/It: Charles Lipson, Real Clear Politics, Dec. 11, 2023
How Rich Alumni Ousted Penn’s President Liz Magill: Melissa Korn, Rachel Louise Ensign and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, Dec. 11, 2023
It’s Time for Congress to Open Harvard’s Books: Adam Andrzejewski. Tablet, Dec. 10, 2023
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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:
Poll Finds Holocaust Denial Has Infected the Democrats, Cities, and Youth: Dean Katayanis, The NY Sun, Dec. 9, 2023 — Friday’s YouGov survey shatters the caricature of Holocaust deniers as old, white, right-wingers in rural America.
The Things I Never Thought Possible—Until October 7: Mathias Döpfner. The Free Press, Dec. 11, 2023 — I witnessed antisemitism for the very first time at school in Germany, when classmates taunted a Jewish girl I was friends with just for being Jewish.
The Antisemites Are Out, and the Masks Are Off: Jim Geraghty, National Review, Dec. 11, 2023 — … It turns out that many college students have no idea what they’re chanting about when they say, “From the river to the sea”; university presidents have cut themselves to ribbons walking through a plate-glass Overton Window; the Council on American–Islamic Relations self-marginalized itself when its executive director talked about how the 10/7 Hamas attacks on Israel made him happy; and a bunch of supporters of Palestine who insist they’re only anti-Zionist keep attacking Hanukkah menorahs.
The Rot at Universities Goes Deeper Than Elizabeth Magill: The Editors, National Review, Dec. 11, 2023 — Just four days after appearing before Congress, where she waffled on the question of whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated her university’s speech codes, M. Elizabeth Magill resigned from her position as president of the University of Pennsylvania.
