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Among the signs that were spotted at a major  pro-Palestine protest in New York back in November , there was one that read "Ceasefire N...

One of the more common refrains I heard by persons who wanted to defend Elise Stefanik's bad faith grandstanding on campus free speech ...

As some of you may know, Portland has been hit by a brutal ice storm this weekend that's knocked out power throughout the city . Over 20...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has issued an emergency order waiving various requirements for prospective transfer students into Florida pub...

I was driving home from work the other night, and on my dimly lit suburban street I passed not one but two people walking their dogs while w...

While it wasn't on my formal list , I propose that one of our collective new year's resolutions be to remember that one does not, un...

I really do try to stay off the bad place. You know that trope in cartoons where the protagonist runs away from monsters or a blizzard or so...

The other, less old but still venerable Debate Link tradition: The Out/In list ! Out                                                        ...

I'm still traveling for the holidays, and so I don't anticipate writing anything especially substantive about South Africa's cha...

In the wake of 303 Creative , I argued that one consequence of the Supreme Court's decision would be to supercharge "cancel culture...

It's The Debate Link's longest tradition: New Year's Resolutions! The whole series is here , but we begin as always with last ye...

Suppose one looks out at the devastation covering the Gaza Strip and thinks "we need an immediate ceasefire". Nobody should ever f...

  Confession time: I'm not much of an exerciser. I played rec sports as a kid, and while I enjoyed it, I was never serious about it. Sam...

The United Auto Workers (UAW), fresh off their huge contract win with the "Big Three" automakers following their strike , have joi...

Back in January, I registered a prediction  that the only thing the new House GOP majority would do with its newfound power would be launch ...

I just returned from the Association for Jewish Studies' annual conference, which I very much enjoyed (though unfortunately I had to bai...

I'm in the throes of grading and I'm traveling for most of the period from now through New Year's. But I did want to quickly (fo...

The New York Times reports increasing "daylight" (to use an old term) between President Biden and Netanyahu regarding what the af...