We have gotten to the point where people on the left are comfortable using threats and intimidation. Where do they think this will end?
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Cornell Activists Threaten Peers Who Voted Against Disarming the Police
Cornell University activists are threatening student government representatives who voted against disarming the campus police.
On...
Please sit down. This is going to shock you to your core, and you might lose your balance.
The reasons given for this change are straight out of the progressive playbook. It’s not about making the department better, it’s about power and control.
BoingBoing reports:
Cornell English Department votes to change name to “Department of Literatures In English”
According to an article on Brittle Paper written by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ and Carole...
It’s not like I told you so, but I told you so.
For years I have been documenting the increasingly oppressive atmosphere for free speech at Cornell University, including shout-downs and disruptions of conservative and/or pro-Israel speakers and events. That atmosphere now is in overdrive with a push from...
Cornell University has joined a growing list of universities embracing “antiracist” activism, a euphemism for race-based advocacy.
The Coronavirus pandemic is creating a snitch culture on some college campuses. It’s sad.
The Washington Post reports:
Cornell students petition to have freshman TikTok star expelled for flouting coronavirus rules
Colleges have been threatening students with stiff penalties for failing to practice social distancing and wear masks, blasting “selfish and reckless” behavior and...
I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the podcast Cancelled, hosted by Rob Rosen and Desma Simon. My segment was about 30 minutes long, and we covered not only my situation at Cornell Law School, but also developments more broadly in higher education.
I was not aware that, despite a grand jury decision not to indict in 2014 and a Justice Department investigation that cleared officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, a St. Louis prosecutor had reopened the case.
George Soros rightly is maligned for his corrupting influence on politics. We have documented, among many other things, how Soros has funded, mostly through organizations in his network, the anti-Israel ecosystem.
On Friday, July 24, 2020, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by FOX Business’ Gerry Baker on “WSJ at Large” regarding cancel culture.
The interview was enjoyable for at least a couple of reasons.
Trigger Warning: This Post Contains Insensitive Truth Telling. Proceed at your own risk.
Hey, remember all the way back to the first week of June 2020? It seems like it was 7 years ago, but it was only 7 weeks ago. Oh my, how much has transpired.
Here we go again, the great debate over whether “cancel culture” is real.
It is real, as I wrote in my op-ed at Real Clear Politics, Cancel Culture Is Real. The people claiming cancel culture is not a real thing, that it’s just a gripe of people who don’t like being criticized,...
Yesterday I posted about the proposed elimination of “blind auditions” for symphony orchestras, so that race and gender could be used as selection criteria to help diversify orchestra musicians. It would be the elimination of what previously was a meritocracy:
I have repeatedly pointed out, in response to the cancel culture targeting me over my criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement, that things have changed on campuses in ways most people don’t fully appreciate.
The new activism surrounding race is completely at odds with the traditional goals of the civil rights...
I have a column today at Real Clear Politics, Cancel Culture is Real.
Read the whole thing at the link, and share it. Here is a brief excerpt:
Colleges and universities charge students fees so that the money collected can be dibursed to fund various student groups and activities. At Cornell University, the student government handed $10,000 worth of these funds over to a Black Lives Matter funding initiative which was not a recognized student group and which reportedly...
I was interviewed by Virginia Allen for The Daily Signal’s podcast regarding the issues I’m facing at Cornell Law School, and issues facing academia and the nation more generally regarding the Black Lives Matter Movement.
You can listen to the full podcast and read the full transcript at The Daily Signal website, ...
