Anyone with an affliction of common sense and pragmatism looks over the news landscape covering university uprisings today with dismay. How is it these privileged and entitled collegians feel empowered to stake out territory on campuses and direct actions in defiance of rules, laws, and social decency?! They have exhibited everything from hate speech, aggression, violence, and the violation of basic rights on campus, and they are only being encouraged to carry on.
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Housing Costs Are Crushing The American Middle Class, But How Can We Fix The Problem? In a new poll conducted by the Financial Times and Michigan's Ross School of Business, data shows there is a rare bipartisan agreement among Republicans and Democrats – Both sides believe that there are no housing advantages for the their political opponents and 70% of leftists, independents and conservatives alike rate affordability as one of their top three concerns. In other words, Americans...
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, and Israel’s subsequent onslaught on Gaza, American college campuses have been seized by protests as the death toll in Gaza has risen past 34,000. Jewish students charge that these demonstrations are fostering an environment rife with antisemitic rhetoric, intimidation and even violence. Congress has been eager to investigate these claims. In December, it summoned the presidents of Harvard University, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania for a fateful...
The UK's anti-fraud agency has made progress in reforming how it manages evidence disclosure in its high-profile cases, but more government funding is needed to help fix the problems, a report has found.
Nostalgia can be a trap. Gazing back fondly at some half-remembered, possibly fictitious version of the past is a surefire way to feel dissatisfied with the present and fearful for the future. What might be more constructive than looking backwards, though, is looking around—at the people who seem to be thriving in other versions of the present. This is partly why the most recent World Happiness Report is such a hard pill for Americans to swallow. The annual report, conducted by Gallup World...
Chicago has nearly 100 bridges rated in poor condition, including some of the most iconic bridges over the Chicago River in the downtown Loop.
In today’s fast-paced world, we are often eating on the go or rushing from one place to the next and it is no surprise to see how we’ve become dependent upon disposable products. It has been well-documented that single-use plastic food packaging–derived from petroleum and further worsening the ongoing climate crisis–can harm human health as […]
Several universities in Israel have called out the increasing antisemitism happening on university and college campuses in the United States, offering "support" to faculty and students.
Hammersmith Bridge has been closed for five years as politicians have repeatedly passed the buck. It’s just one example of how the British state repeatedly fails to take big decisions and see them through, says Adam Hawksbee How many politicians does it take to rebuild a bridge? In Pennsylvania, the answer is one. Last summer []
Two jarring photographs circulated widely on social media during pro-Palestine demonstrations on U.S. college campuses in late April 2024.