In case you thought that there was some sort of victory afoot at Harvard University for conservatives/meritocrats/sane humans, let me disabuse you of that notion and warn you that the fight on that front has only just begun. With the…

Dear Harvard Trustees: Why not replace your president with the President? Mired in a morass of your own making, Claudine Gay’s resignation gets you out before you could embarrass yourselves further. Replacing Gay with President Joe Biden is a simple…

And then there was one. Magill out at Penn. Claudine Gay out at Harvard. Or, as she might say: “Copy that.” And next we shall turn to MIT’s dubious president. The first hint that Claudine Gay is a plagiarist came…

Claudine Gay announced Tuesday that she is resigning from her position as president of Harvard University. The decision, she said, was “difficult beyond words.” Public resistance to Gay had escalated across the nation in recent months as she repeatedly displayed…

This spring, when the Biden administration unveiled its long-delayed national strategy to counter anti-Semitism, there was — for a brief moment — cause for hope. Jewish leaders praised the plan. So, too, did prominent voices in the Black community. The…

Shortly after returning home from Israel, I attended a pro-Hamas demonstration in Toronto, Canada, as a counterdemonstrator. But this was no ordinary pro-Hamas rally. Its participants billed themselves as “Jews Against Genocide.” It was held outside of Indigo, a big-box…

Thursday night’s news told of a Hamas plot to attack Jewish communities throughout Europe. Hamas’ covenant has for years made clear that Jews, wherever they are, are their enemies. So, in the light of the horrors of Hamas’ Oct. 7…

Academic dishonesty strikes many people as boring. After all, it is academic. It is not like Sam Bankman-Fried, the “crypto king,” making $8 billion disappear into thin air. It is not like Florida dentist Charlie Adelson paying a hitman to…

Ryan Burge is a data analyst who synthesizes information about religion and politics in the United States. He publishes his findings and observations regularly on Substack. Last week, he wrote an article titled “How Weird Is the Religious Composition of…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu remains unapologetic for her decision to host a holiday party on Wednesday at which only “electeds of color” were welcome. “I am honored to be a part of this group,” she told the media outside Parkman…