Learning about Zionism’s long genocidal war on Palestinians, in Portland: Jewish leaders and concerned parents in Portland, Oregon are accusing the local teachers’ union of indoctrinating students with anti-Israel messages and engaging in one-sided, pro-Palestinian activism as the war in Gaza continues to rage. Last week, the Portland Association of Teachers held a pro-Palestinian advocacy…

Shabbos Kestenheim at Tablet – Being a Jew at Harvard is way worse than you think: As a Jewish student at Harvard University, I have had my learning interrupted by students calling for the globalization of the intifada, sat directly next to classmates who praised the terrorist groups Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, listened to…

I used to justify using Amazon (no, nothing to do with them being cheaper!) by thinking of all those bookstores (yes you, Waterstones) where gender-critical books were unavailable or hidden away by staff. Well, think again. From the Free Speech Union: Our source is an Amazon employee and FSU member who provided us with a…

Dennis Kavanagh from Gay Men’s Network at Spiked – The Pride movement has nothing to be proud of: This year’s Pride Month has rarely seemed so pointless. After all, only the truly shameless in the LGBT activist set could feel any pride in 2024 – a year in which the rainbow-flag fliers’ betrayal of gay…

Woman kills man. Er, no. Man kills woman. It's so confusing: A trans-identified male is being investigated by Norwegian authorities for the brutal murder of his partner, a trans-identified female. Initial media reports which had previously identified the suspected killer as a man were altered soon afterwards to describe him as a “woman” despite him…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali draws some interesting parallels between Islam and gender ideology, with their shared view of women as a “cluster of sexualized stereotypes”. Islam, Autogynephilia, and Ideological Capture: When a nation’s laws subsist on an ideology like Islam, it subjugates about half of its population. I have written for years about the ways in…

No of course not – but let's raise the level of stupidity in health care by putting out absurd and confusing messages, while signaling our progressive virtue: Did you know that anyone with ovaries, regardless of gender identity, can be at risk for ovarian cancer? Let's raise awareness by asking: can men get ovarian cancer?…

Back to Cuba, ca. 1904. "Havana, Cuba — Calle Galleano." [Photo: Shorpy/Detroit Photographic Company]

An opinion piece in the NYT, Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points, (archived here) from Alina Chan, co-author with Matt Ridley of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19.  In short (each point elaborated on). The SARS-like virus that caused the pandemic emerged in Wuhan, the city where…

Those North Korean trash bags sent over by balloon to the South….an effective counter has been proposed: In response to North Korea’s mass launch of “trash balloons,” the South Korean government began preparations on June 2 to resume loudspeaker broadcasts toward North Korea, which had been halted since 2018. Additionally, the government is seeking to…