New York Times Rewrites History Again With Nikole Hannah-Jones

Former New York Times reporter and Howard University professor Nikole Hannah-Jones has long been controversial as a writer who expressly…

New York Times Rewrites History Again With Nikole Hannah-Jones

The forgotten Genocide-Belgian Congo.

The Congo Free State was a corporate state in Central Africa privately owned by King Leopold II of Belgium founded and recognized by the Berlin Conference of 1885. In the 23 years (1885-1908) Leopold II ruled the Congo he massacred 10 million Africans by cutting off their hands and genitals, flogging them to death, starving […]

The forgotten Genocide-Belgian Congo.

BBC intifada portrayal conflicts with its own previous reporting

Late on December 17th the BBC News website published an uncredited report headlined “Two arrested after police say they will act against intifada chants”,… The post BBC intifada portrayal conflicts with its own previous reporting appeared first on CAMERA UK.

BBC intifada portrayal conflicts with its own previous reporting

New South Wales bans anti-Jewish rhetoric in wake of Bondi Beach attack

The attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach near Sydney (the capital of New South Wales), was horrific: fifteen people were killed (not including the perps) and 40 injured. It was clearly a terrorist attack designed to kill Jews, putting the lie that this kind of violence is “anti-Zionist” rather than antisemitic. Australian Jews…

New South Wales bans anti-Jewish rhetoric in wake of Bondi Beach attack

BBC Framing Asks Jews to Answer For Violence Against Jews

Since the antisemitic terror attack on Bondi Beach last week, there has been a large amount of discussion on BBC radio and broadcast channels… The post BBC Framing Asks Jews to Answer For Violence Against Jews appeared first on CAMERA UK.

BBC Framing Asks Jews to Answer For Violence Against Jews

Kathleen Stock on female genital mutilation, cultural relativism, and a recent (odious) paper in The Journal of Medical Ethics

Over at UnHerd, philosopher Kathleen Stock, formerly of the University of Sussex, critiques a paper in The Journal of Medical Ethics that I discussed recently, a paper you can read by clicking below. (You may remember that Stock, an OBE, was forced to resign from Sussex after she was demonized for her views on gender…

Kathleen Stock on female genital mutilation, cultural relativism, and a recent (odious) paper in The Journal of Medical Ethics

“Progressives” appear to whitewash female genital mutilation

This is an example of how horrible cultural practices are excused—or made to seem less harmful—by “progressives” (read “the woke”) when they’re characteristic of minority groups. In this case the practice is one of the cruelest and most misogynistic forms of behavior around—female genital mutilation (FGM), especially in its most damaging form, infibulation (there are…

“Progressives” appear to whitewash female genital mutilation

Is involuntary hospitalization working?

From Natalia Emanuel, Valentin Bolotnyy, and Pim Welle: The involuntary hospitalization of people experiencing a mental health crisis is a widespread practice, as common in the US as incarceration in state and federal prisons and 2.4 times as common as death from cancer. The intent of involuntary hospitalization is to prevent individuals from harming themselves…

Is involuntary hospitalization working?

SURVIVING KATYN: STALIN’S POLISH MASSACRE AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH by Jane Rogoyska

(Mass grave of Polish officers in Katyn Forest, exhumed by Germany in 1943) The Katyn forest massacre committed by the Soviet Union occurred between April and May 1940.  Though killings took place in Kalinin and Kharkiv prisons operated by the NKVD and elsewhere, the massacre is named after the Katyn forest where mass graves were […]

SURVIVING KATYN: STALIN’S POLISH MASSACRE AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH by Jane Rogoyska

Greenpeace Asks a DUTCH Court to Overturn a $345 Million Dakota Pipeline Judgement

Greenpeace appears to think European courts have pre-eminence over US courts, even for events which happened in the USA.

Greenpeace Asks a DUTCH Court to Overturn a $345 Million Dakota Pipeline Judgement

Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman-John Lennon’s Killer: A Psychological Profile

This blog provides a structured psychological overview of Mark David Chapman, the individual responsible for the 1980 murder of musician John Lennon. Drawing upon documented interviews, legal testimony, and secondary analyses from criminology and psychology scholars, the essay examines key psychological themes associated with Chapman, including identity instability, obsessive ideation, parasocial attachment, and the role […]

Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman-John Lennon’s Killer: A Psychological Profile

The taxing problem of zombie and phoenix companies

Eric Crampton writes – Damien Grant isn’t normally the one making the case that the government needs to take more in tax. The liquidator and libertarian-minded columnist at the Sunday Star Times more typically wants what libertarians generally want – a government that spends less and that can let each of us keep more of […]

The taxing problem of zombie and phoenix companies

BBC report on Palestine Action trial highlights previous failures

A report by the BBC’s legal correspondent Dominic Casciani was published on the BBC News website’s ‘UK’ and ‘Bristol’ pages on November 18th under… The post BBC report on Palestine Action trial highlights previous failures appeared first on CAMERA UK.

BBC report on Palestine Action trial highlights previous failures

Triggernometry debates sex with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Here we have the Triggernometry duo (Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster) questioning astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about his views on gender (the full interview is here).  Tyson seems quite agitated, loud, and even patronizing, but largely misses the points that gender-critical people are making. For example, he begins with his infamous argument that sex (or gender; he…

Triggernometry debates sex with Neil deGrasse Tyson

*The Science of Second Chances*

The author is economist Jennifer Doleac, and the subtitle is A Revolution in Criminal Justice.  Excerpt: We found that adding anyone charged with a felony to the law enforcement DNA database in Denmark reduced future criminal convictions by over 40 percent. Again, people responded to the higher probability of getting caught by committing fewer cimres. …

*The Science of Second Chances*

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