SocietyCommentary
The Cut Flowers Civilization
This week, famed British atheist Richard Dawkins explained that he was a “cultural Christian.” Praising civilization in the United Kingdom, Dawkins stated: I do think… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week, famed British atheist Richard Dawkins explained that he was a “cultural Christian.” Praising civilization in the United Kingdom, Dawkins stated: I do think… Read More
International Commentary
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., twice described Israel last week as a “pariah” among the world’s nations. “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Sunday night at the Oscars, a director named Jonathan Glazer made international headlines. Glazer won an Academy Award for his film “Zone of Interest,” which… Read More
PoliticsNews
An organization that represents more than 2,500 traditional, Orthodox Jewish rabbis in U.S. public policy condemned Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt for comparing the annual… Read More
International Commentary
Some 1,000 black pastors nationwide are reported to have weighed in to pressure President Joe Biden to force a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week, I visited Auschwitz. I never before had visited any of the death camps. The experience is absolutely chilling. Auschwitz, of course, was a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Jews are feeling increasingly afraid and unwelcome. Last week, girls on the basketball team of a Jewish private school in suburban Hartsdale, New York, were… Read More
Education Commentary
Harvard University’s embattled president resigned Tuesday, but it would be a mistake to think that the troubles of that school or higher education in general are over…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
I write this week as a very different man than I was when writing my last column. Then, I was merely engaged; now, after the… Read More
EducationCommentary
The presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT appeared before a House committee last Tuesday to answer for their shameful inaction in the face of… Read More