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The New COVID Hysteria Contagious among Conservatives

Statistics show the COVID vaccines work and are very low-risk. Many on the right are ignoring these facts

Classical Music's Suicide Pact (Part 1)

Succumbing to specious charges of racism, America’s orchestras, opera companies, and conductors are abandoning the Western canon.Classical Music’s Suicide Pact (Part 1)

Can Opera Survive the Culture Wars?

A singer's skin colour has become more important than their voice

YouTubers Harassing Cops for Clout: One More Reason for Officers Not to Engage

Since the start of the Black Lives Matter era in 2015, police officers have found themselves routinely surrounded by hostile crowds when they get out of their cruisers to respond to a 911 call or to investigate suspicious behavior.

Biden Wants to Boost Policing - after Spreading Toxic Lies That Tore It Down

The Bidenites' talk of systemic police bias isn't just dangerous, it is wrong.

Almost Four Decades After Its Birth, The Diversity Industry Thrives on Its Own Failures

Campus diversity advocates have pulled off their greatest coup to date: They have declared “diversity” to be a freestanding academic discipline, thus injecting their bureaucracy-heavy apparatus into the very heart of the academic enterprise.

Cuomo's Gun-Violence Dodge

Instead of treating New York’s surge in gun crime as a “public-health crisis,” the governor should call for a return to proactive policing.Cuomo’s Gun-Violence Dodge

The NIH's Diversity Obsession Subverts Science

A project to understand the brain becomes a futile effort to make up for educational disparities.

Are Cosmic Black Holes Racist? Take This Cornell Course to Find Out!

A study of two black holes merging led to a discussion of its racial implications.

Down a Black Hole

Even the hard sciences are no longer immune to the ongoing racial hysteria.Down a Black Hole