The function of the university in the age of Trump
The modern university, as we know it, originated from the imaginative proposals of Wilhelm von Humboldt, a Prussian philosopher and civil servant.
The modern university, as we know it, originated from the imaginative proposals of Wilhelm von Humboldt, a Prussian philosopher and civil servant.
I’m in a vast professional kitchen, standing by a stockpot the size of a Jacuzzi. The chef ladles a bit of the pot’s steaming brown liquid into a Dixie cup, then holds it out.
I am 29 years old; like most Jews of my generation, I was raised in a Holocaust-heavy curriculum that started with “Number the Stars” in third grade and culminated in a full year of religious school dedicated to the topic in eighth.
For years, I have been warning that the ongoing Jewish settlement in the predominantly Arab West Bank will lead to one, bi-national state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, where Jews might eventually become a minority.
Love him or loathe him, when Benjamin Netanyahu walks into the room, everyone pays attention.
Were Politically-Correct Americans too sensitive to the indignities of the 2016 election season? As its place in civic culture erodes at lightning speed, we should take stock of political correctness and its impact on our lives.
The 2016 Presidential Election has not happened yet and there\’s still time to prevent Steve Bannon from ever setting up office in The West Wing.
Whether I’m speaking to Trump voters or Clinton voters, their emotions are off the charts.
In 1964, when Barry Goldwater ran against Lyndon Johnson, a man named John A. Stormer self-published a book called, “None Dare Call It Treason.”