by Daoud Kuttab When New York Rep. Elise Stefanik repeatedly — and now infamously — badgered three college presidents about the nuances of free speech last week, she attempted to push her narrative that elite schools are antisemitic by equating “chants for intifada” with ...
Rep. Elise Stefanik set a clever trap at a House hearing on antisemitism on campus, snaring the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT. The presidents, Liz Magill of Penn, Claudine Gay of Harvard and MIT’s Sally Kornbluth, walked right into it and Magill has now lost ...
by Anastasiia Timmer Violent conflicts and atrocities can seem omnipresent in the world — and all the more traumatic in an age when wars are fought by terrorizing civilians more than by squaring off against a rival military. Wars and violent conflicts in Congo, Gaza, Israel, ...
by Carl P. Leubsdorf From the outset, the grim parallels have been uncanny. Both the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the Sept. 11, 2001 al-Qaida attack on the United States were unexpected, unprovoked terrorist attacks that took thousands of innocent lives and exacerbated global ...
The shadow over West Virginia’s solar future The allure of solar energy captivates the individual homeowner through its offer of energy independence and environmental stewardship. While my solar array hasn’t met the 100% offset expectations, it has significantly reduced my electricity ...
by Daniel DePetris The sailors aboard the USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, had a busy weekend — one that could have just as easily turned deadly were it not for the professionalism demonstrated on the ship. This past Sunday, the Yemen-based Houthi group launched four attacks on ...