When the Modern Language Association (MLA) deconstructs something, it stays scrambled. Thousands of English professors attend the annual MLA conferences and just about every English Department is represented there. At this year’s meeting in Austin,…
Topic: Middle East
College Professor Defends ISIS Sex Slavery
Uh, this doesn’t make sense: Several Boston University professor and Muslim apologist Kecia Ali recently wrote an article forThe Huffington Post that attempted to make excuses for the pervasive nature of slavery (particularly sexual slavery)…
Harvard Apologizes for Social Justice Placemats that Equated Islamophobia with Refugee Concerns
Well, at least they apologized instead of condemning the outrage. Harvard Dean of Student Life Stephen Lassoed and Dean of Freshmen Thomas Dingman have released an apology for the “Holiday Placemat for Social Justice” distributed…
The Aftermath in Iraq
For about a decade, we have heard that Christians fared better under Saddam Hussein than they ever have since his overthrow so we decided to put the question to a panel of experts. “Well, their…
The Case for Syrian Christians
When the media reported that Ted Cruz wanted to only admit Syrian Christian refugees into the United States, the junior senator from the Lone Star state found himself once again in the midst of a…
Smart Power can Counter ISIS, says One Expert
Let the recap from GW Today do the talking, regarding British Council chief executive Sir Ciarán Devane’s remarks at George Washington University: Fully combatting ISIS, he said, must include efforts to connect with displaced Muslims and…
Anti-ISIS Fighter Barred from Speaking at University College London
Now if an ISIS fighter were barred from speaking, would there be a bigger outrage on the college campus? Maybe. Still, not sure about barring an anti-ISIS fighter, considering the human rights atrocities committed by…
The Wesleyan Controversy and a Double Standard for Campus Free Speech
In what is yet more evidence that universities have become, at least where campus free speech is concerned, “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” as Chester E. Finn Jr., a former Assistant Secretary…
Academics Ready for Iran
A group of scholars has concocted a plan to implement the U. S.-Iran Nuclear Agreement that looks even sketchier than the pact itself. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has devised “Six Achievable Steps for…
Rutgers Media Professor says America is More Brutal than ISIS
Disgusting accusation by the journalism and media studies associate professor: “SoCawlege reports that Deepa Kumar, associate professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University and author of “Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire,” tweeted out recently that the United States…