Helen Dale examines Australia’s recent national referendum on “The Voice” in Law & Liberty. Australia’s uniquely egalitarian democratic system features frequent referendums and, Dale writes, Australians this time voted against the idea that historically disadvantaged people are entitled to extra civil rights over and above those held by the general population.
In City Journal, John Tierney laments the scientific community’s descent into partisan politics and propaganda. Tierney sees hope for scientific integrity and academic freedom, however: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Covid dissident Jay Bhattacharya for director of the very National Institutes of Health that colluded with social media to suppress Bhattacharya’s views throughout the pandemic.
Joel Kotkin in the American Mind reports on the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in the left’s ranks. Quite simply, writes Kotkin, the left has betrayed the Jews, with so-called “progressives” now calling for the destruction of Israel and allying with Muslims who rally in the streets of Western cities promising “death to the Jews.”
In City Journal, Christopher F. Rufo unmasks the U.S. federal government’s prodigious spending on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Rufo details how a web of moralistically preening consulting firms have billed billions for things like training “on the brain science of inclusion” or “anti-racism analytics tools”, and how the DEI ideology – as bad as it always was – has degenerated into yet another money-grubbing racket.
Brendan O’Neill reports in Spiked on last week’s decision by the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – something O’Neill regards as a direct threat against Israel’s right to defend itself. He also details the crass hypocrisy of Israel’s neighbours who despite having committed demonstrable atrocities and even genocide make a spectacle of demanding “justice”.
In City Journal, John Tierney laments the scientific community’s descent into partisan politics and propaganda. Tierney sees hope for scientific integrity and academic freedom, however: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Covid dissident Jay Bhattacharya for director of the very National Institutes of Health that colluded with social media to suppress Bhattacharya’s views throughout the pandemic.
Joel Kotkin in the American Mind reports on the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in the left’s ranks. Quite simply, writes Kotkin, the left has betrayed the Jews, with so-called “progressives” now calling for the destruction of Israel and allying with Muslims who rally in the streets of Western cities promising “death to the Jews.”
In City Journal, Christopher F. Rufo unmasks the U.S. federal government’s prodigious spending on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Rufo details how a web of moralistically preening consulting firms have billed billions for things like training “on the brain science of inclusion” or “anti-racism analytics tools”, and how the DEI ideology – as bad as it always was – has degenerated into yet another money-grubbing racket.
Brendan O’Neill reports in Spiked on last week’s decision by the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – something O’Neill regards as a direct threat against Israel’s right to defend itself. He also details the crass hypocrisy of Israel’s neighbours who despite having committed demonstrable atrocities and even genocide make a spectacle of demanding “justice”.
