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Federal Judges To Boycott Law Clerks From Columbia University Due To “Virulent Spread of Antisemitism”
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). In a fitting tribute, a group of federal judges have announced they will no longer hire law clerks who choose to attend Columbia University (not just the law school) starting with the Fall of 2024. The leaders of the letter, as you might expect, are Judge James Ho […]
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Yet Again, Someone Trying to Vanish My Post About a Case on One-Sided Pseudonymity
In February, I wrote about a Fourth Circuit decision in Doe v. Sidar, which discusses one-sided pseudonymity. Today, I see that Google received yet one more request that it remove that post from its indexes, and thus vanish it from search results. That’s the fourth attempt so far aimed at that particular post; I’ve written about […]
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Alabama’s New Sex Trafficking Law Could Mean Life in Prison for Trafficking Victims
A new law in Alabama showcases how the war on sex trafficking is mirroring the war on drugs, with all of the negative consequences that implies. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Kay Ivey in mid-April, is called “The Sound of Freedom Act,” after a recent hit movie about sex trafficking. It’s never a good […]
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Journalism’s Latest Draft Recasts Ukraine Narrative
Journalism may indeed be the first draft of history but that old chestnut can be misleading. Where it suggests a set-in-stone version of events, that first draft is really an unfolding detective story, revised and rewritten as we dig out better answers to the eternal questions of who, what, when, where, and how.
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What ‘Intifada Revolution’ Looks Like
Last month, a pro-Palestinian activist stood in front of me on Columbia University’s campus with a sign that read By Any Means Necessary. She smiled. She seemed like a nice person. I am an Israeli graduate student at the university, and I know holding that sign is within her rights. And yet, its message was […]
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Democrat, Social Justice Lies Fueling These Protests
“The Federalist” editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway offered this view of what is driving protests on college campuses against Israel’s war in Gaza during a panel on FNC’s “Media Buzz.”
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Unscientific American
Michael Shermer got his first clue that things were changing at Scientific American in late 2018. The author had been writing his “Skeptic” column for the magazine since 2001.
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2024’s New Political Normal Six Months From the Election
Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee who just falsely accused his opponents of running a “Gestapo” administration, will be back in a New York courtroom on Monday at his criminal trial – the first of an ex-president in history.
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Biden Has Failed, and It’s Probably Too Late To Fix It
President Biden has suffered a collapse in his standing generally, but, fundamentally, it’s because so few people think he’s doing a good job that he’s in such a perilous state.
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