Antisemitism
The recent Pew Research Center study that found that 24 percent of Jews who were raised Jewish no longer identify as such. As someone raised in a Conservative Jewish household, and still identifies as a Conservative Jew, I’ve experienced this particular issue for far longer than the greater Jewish
Antisemitism
An Atlanta emergency room doctor has found himself in hot water after the watchdog group JewHateDatabase uncovered a trove of antisemitic and anti-Israel posts on his personal Facebook page. The doctor—Jehangir Pirzada, DO—works at WellStar Spalding Regional Hospital just outside Atlanta and appears to also be affiliated with
Academia
After a DOGE-inspired student journalism experiment, Brown University sophomore Alex Shieh now faces a disciplinary hearing for emailing 3,805 administrators and asking them to justify their bureaucratic roles. Shieh sent a single email to all non-instructional staff at Brown University, simply asking: “What have you accomplished this week?” The
Featured
In his recent interview with ABC News, President Donald J. Trump—now in the early days of his historic second term—presented the American people with what can be described as both a retrospective defense of his past policies and a bold, unflinching blueprint for national renewal. There was no
Canada
Today, Canadians head to the polls in what many are calling the most consequential election in a generation — a decision that will not only determine the country’s economic direction but also its political identity amid growing global uncertainty. After nearly a decade of Liberal rule, Canada finds itself at
Economy
The Strategic Pivot: Trump’s Tariff Policy and the First Break with China The Trump administration’s 2017 decision to impose sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports was far more than a headline-grabbing trade war—it marked the first serious challenge to the United States’ decades-long economic entanglement with China. For
Academia
A professor and Chair of the Brass Department at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. — a school often compared to The Juilliard School in NYC — is facing its own antisemitic cause célèbre at the behest of upset parents. Nicholas Payton, a Grammy Award-winning musician took up a
Academia
Shalom Chaverim! The term “Orientalism” is mostly associated with the infamous Columbia professor Edward Said, and became a bedrock of collegiate international relations curriculum. What many might not know is that prior to Said loading the term, Oriental Studies was a rather innocuous pursuit, no different than that of any
Academia
What this post won’t do: Explore what the right or legal approach should be for hate speech, harassment, or immigration laws. What it will do: Present findings from controlled experiments into how public standards for punishment shift depending on the identity of the perceived victims and aggressors. It started
Celebrity
Every Tuesday, I do what millions of others do: I watch Kill Tony on YouTube (Note for clarification: It releases Monday night each week, but I live in Europe). I watch Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Redban, a rotating cast of world-class comedians, and an open mic lineup of chaotic hopefuls wage
Economy
The economic tremors shaking Wall Street today are not caused by tariffs, culture wars, or even political gridlock. They are the product of five decades of financialization—a dangerous decoupling of capital markets from the real economy. The current freefall in equity prices, especially across the Nasdaq and Dow Jones,
Academia
A curriculum writer who works at a lesson-planning agency for middle school teachers has published a paper arguing that math classes “perpetuate whiteness," sparking concern among parents who want to keep ‘wokeism’ and DEI out of the classroom. Michael Lolkus— who holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University — made