All my adult life, I have warned people about the low moral and intellectual level of colleges and universities. This is the way I have put it: “If you send your child to college, you are playing Russian Roulette with his or her values.”  

Anti-Israel/pro-Hamas campus protests have engulfed hundreds of college campuses. But the more coastal, blue-state, and supposedly elite the campus was, the more furious the violence that sometimes followed these demonstrations.  

By: Jessica Schwalb – nationalreview.com – May 16, 2024 The main thing I’ve learned from the events of the past month is that the protest mindset disinclines students to learn from one another.  A black mask and the hood of a Choate sweatshirt helped conceal her identity. But her eyes were familiar.  “You don’t need to do this,” I said to...

We come from two sides of the political spectrum, write Christopher F. Rufo and Jenin Younes. But both of us agree that the Antisemitism Awareness Act is profoundly misguided.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – May 2, 2024 A website reveals the planning and strategy behind the current college mayhem. The recent anti-Israel protests are often portrayed as a spontaneous uprising of student indignation against the Gaza war. But we’re learning that behind the young idealists is an organized movement of leftists who want to spread disorder and...

By: Zach Kessel – nationalreview.com – May 1, 2024 After Northwestern University president Michael Schill announced a set of concessions to encampment organizers Monday that included pledging to implement full-ride scholarships for Palestinian students and faculty positions for Palestinian academics, several organizations have called for Schill’s resignation. ——————– In a joint statement published Tuesday, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Brandeis...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – April 30, 2024 For readers of a certain age, today’s protests at Columbia and other campuses echo 1968 and opposition to the Vietnam war. The kids even took over the same building at Columbia, Hamilton Hall. But the mass-protest method has become the political default for progressives when they lose the policy debate...

Bill Maher again took a blowtorch to the modern social justice warrior, adding that most of the time, it’s a gross exercise in narcissism.

By: Becket Adams – nationalreview.com – April 28, 2024 The American news media are here once again to tell you that you aren’t hearing what you’re hearing and seeing what you’re seeing. Sure, you may see a bunch of pro-Hamas activists on American campuses, wearing keffiyehs and frothing at the mouth for a “worldwide intifada.” And, sure, the demonstrations enjoy endorsements from Hamas and...

ByNathan Rothman – nationalreview.com – April 25, 2024 ‘Pogrom’ is an accurate description of what we’re seeing on campuses. There’s something about Senator Tom Cotton that drives his critics to madness. That condition becomes particularly acute when he’s obviously correct. Indeed, Cotton’s correctness maintains a directly proportional relationship with the degree to which he compels his detractors to abandon their good...