The most recent conflict in the Middle East erupted when Jews who own property in East Jerusalem, in the neighborhood known to Arabs as Sheikh Jarrah, sought to evict Arab tenants who refused to pay their rent. There are 28…
On August 26, 2020, in a federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, Judge Susan Brnovich handed down a ruling in favor of Professor Nicholas Damask and Maricopa Community College District, and against the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Mohamed Sabra….
It makes sense that not a word was spoken at the Democratic National Convention about the riots, looting, and mayhem that have ravaged some of our major cities. To denounce Antifa and Black Lives Matter would have been to denounce…
The classroom was so packed that there was barely standing room. It was so popular that students not enrolled in the course and even enrolled in other schools came to hear it: the final lecture in the basic course on…
Nearly every graduation speaker tells the graduates that they are going to change the country profoundly and irrevocably. Don’t worry, you won’t. For the most part, that’s a good thing. While America is not without its policies that cry for…
Most of us are the offspring of people who came here during the great waves of unrestricted European immigration between 1880 and 1920. Our forebears did not own slaves. They were mostly peasants who could no longer eke out an…
I had just moved from Chicago’s Lawndale to North Park and ended up in Miss M’s eighth-grade class. Miss M was a fervent patriot, an admirer of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and a staunch anti-communist. She was suspicious of the new…
It’s time to stay home, nonviolent protesters. Your message has been sent and received. From the local patches of social media to the offices of governors, the calls for reform resound. As for indictments and charges, prosecutorial overreach will almost…
In San Francisco’s trendy Marina District, a homeless man walks into the local Safeway, grabs a bulk package of toilet paper, rips out a roll, lowers his pants, squats, and defecates in the aisle. The act is both symptomatic and…