Universities ought to stand up for freedom of speech and robust debate; they should not teach that the way to respond to views you disagree with is to try to silence those who express them. With its shameful disinvation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali at the behest of Islamicists who can't tolerate it that she doesn't think that Islam is a religion of peace, Brandeis has reinforced a bad trend in American education. I write about that in my latest Forbes column.
November 20, 2024
With McMahon, the new administration has a chance to drastically slim down and depoliticize the Education Department....
November 19, 2024
NAS welcomes the nomination of Congressmen Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency....
October 29, 2024
Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber....
May 15, 2015
A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....
October 12, 2010
What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...
September 21, 2010
A reader asks, "If Elohim refers to multiple 'gods,' then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods...the one of many, right?" A Hebrew expert answers....
