On May 21, 2025, two Israeli Embassy staff members were gunned down in cold blood in the heart of Washington, D.C. The shooter, Elias Rodriguez, a self-proclaimed revolutionary and documented member of a far-left extremist group, left behind a manifesto…
Beverly Gage, a professor of history at Yale University and the author of a recent biography of J. Edgar Hoover, recently took to the pages of Foreign Affairs to present her and Jacob Heilbrunn’s version of the history of the…
One of the more disturbing outcomes of the late 2023 congressional investigation into the prevalence of antisemitism on America’s college and university campuses was the discovery of widespread plagiarism. No sooner was it clear that Harvard president Claudine Gay may…
One of the more preposterous aspects of the protests roiling American college campuses is the insistence of the students that they be spared any adverse consequences for their actions. They expect no suspensions, no expulsions, and most of all no…
Last week the Islamist theocrats who rule Iran buried one of their own, President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash week before last. In the manner of dictatorships, the Iranian authorities promoted massive displays of grief, with crowds numbering…
When Antonio Rodiles was invited to last year’s July 4 party at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, he handed out leaflets listing names of more than 1,000 political prisoners incarcerated by the communist regime since antigovernment protests broke out…
Student radicals turning out in droves to protest for Palestine seem to expect that their organized mass demonstrations will foment revolutionary change. They are inspired by the example of the 1960s, and the civil rights marchers and Vietnam War protesters…
It’s not all bad news on college campuses; some students are pushing back against the rot by graciously informing protesters that Hamas hasn’t won championships. (Read Scott’s column here.) On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and…
What societal institutions, other than mosques, show a greater receptivity to the pro-Hamas message than the campuses? Neither transgenders wearing keffiyehs nor the great number of students owning high-end glamping gear strikes as the strangest thing about the protests. Their…
