Monthly Archives: May 2017

WP: ‘Yale dean once championed cultural sensitivity. Then she called people ‘white trash’ on Yelp.’

Washington Post: As the dean of Yale University’s Pierson College, June Chu is responsible for advising about 500 students and fostering “a familiar, comfortable living environment” in keeping with the university’s residential college system. Chu’s biography states she has a … Continue reading

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Tabletmag: Daf Yomi: Interpreters of ancient Jewish law ‘often give the impression of doing whatever needs to be done to make the Bible mean what they want it to mean’

No constitution can cover ever exigency. Survival must preempt fidelity to text. A Torah is not a death warrant. The sovereign is he who decides the state of exception, notes Carl Schmitt. In Orthodox Judaism, the leading rabbis of the … Continue reading

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THE POEM THAT ENDED NORWAY’S CONSTITUTIONAL BAN ON JEWS

From Tabletmag.com: “Like many others in Norway, he saw this with the religious eyes of the day: Banning Jews from Norway was nothing less than a Christian necessity. His son believed the opposite: How could a so-called Christian society behave … Continue reading

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Yair Rosenberg: ‘WHY BEING PRO-ISRAEL AND BACKING DONALD TRUMP ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE POSITIONS’

From Tabletmag in May of 2016: “That’s because what is good for America is good for Israel and what is bad for America is bad for Israel. The United States is Israel’s greatest benefactor—it is the Jewish state’s guarantor through … Continue reading

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Why Is Productivity In US Construction Going Down?

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Productivity in house construction should by now have leapt up considerably due to improvements in modular design. I know there are a lot of retrograde republicans here who sniff at “double-wides” and the like, but … Continue reading

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