Black scholar John McWhorter examines the recent career of black “scholar” Cornel West. Phat.

Yippeeee! Campus Blood Libels! The multiculturalist moment has reached its apogee! Need proof? The Weekly Standard’s Claudia Winkler finds

Wendy McElroy has an interesting editorial on gender feminism and the World Bank’s creeping global tribute apparatus. Writes McElroy: Two years ago, at the Beijing+5 U.N. Women 2000 Conference, European development agencies threatened to withhold funds from Nicaragua because Max Padilla, head of the Nicaraguan Ministry for the Family, insisted on defining gender by its common meaning of ‘male and female.’ The European agencies defined ‘gender’ as a social construct

Thanks, Alex! protein wisdom: we’re more than just a breadstick.* *(For those of you who don’t get the reference — and wish to — click

Thanks, Alex! protein wisdom: we’re more than just a breadstick.* *(For those of you who don’t get the reference — and wish to — click

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A friend of mine sent me the following, a piece entitled “Overlapping Realities” by the Israeli novelist Amis Oz, founder of the “Peace Now” movement : Two Palestinian-Israeli wars have erupted in this region. One is the Palestinian nation’s war for its freedom from occupation and for its right to independent statehood. Any decent person ought to support this cause. The second war is waged by fanatical Islam, from Iran

A friend of mine sent me the following, a piece entitled “Overlapping Realities” by the Israeli novelist Amis Oz, founder of the “Peace Now” movement : Two Palestinian-Israeli wars have erupted in this region. One is the Palestinian nation’s war for its freedom from occupation and for its right to independent statehood. Any decent person ought to support this cause. The second war is waged by fanatical Islam, from Iran

The next time you hear some Saudi talking head condemn “terrorism” in all its forms, remember what it is he is not condemning: Suicide Bombings. A Saudi official said Tuesday he told President Bush and Congress in a letter that Palestinian suicide bombers are not terrorists and are instead sacrificing ‘their souls for freedom.’ The member of the unelected Consultative Council, which acts like a Parliament, also warned that Washington’s