OF COURSE THEY DID – SHE’S ANTI-COLONIALIST:  NYU hires Israel-hating professor to lead new ‘indigenous studies’ center.

IN ISRAEL ARMY SERVES CIVILIANS:  This Is How Hamas Attempted to Smuggle Dozens of Terrorists Out of Gaza.

In Gaza Civilians serve Hamas.

THAT’S WHY HAMAS IS ASKING FOR IT:  If Israel Shows Weakness by Acceding to Demands for a Cease Fire, There Will Be More Civilian Deaths in the Long Run.

And to be fair the run won’t be very long.

I’M SO OLD I REMEMBER WHEN LIBERALS CLAIMED TO BE A UNIFYING MOVEMENT:  New NYC racial equity commission head Linda Tigani linked to group pushing for independent black nation on US land.

JUST WAIT UNTIL HE LEARNS THE TRUTH ABOUT SOCIALISM – IT’S NOT JUST COMPATIBLE, IT REQUIRES IT:  Obama warns about dangers of market-based systems: ‘Compatible with slavery’.

CERTAINLY THE FACE OF A PARTY TOO OIKOPHOBIC TO SURVIVE!  Democraticide.

NEEDLESS TO SAY IT’S “MOSTLY PEACEFUL”:  Anti-Jewish protesters scale security fence around White House.

WE’RE BOTH FEELING AROUND THE EDGES OF THE SAME ELEPHANT:  The Belmont Club: Inflection Point.

HOMESCHOOL YOUR KIDS:  NYC pre-K teacher pushes anti-Israel lessons.

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THE NEW SPACE RACE: House bill would fully fund Mars Sample Return, block cooperation on ExoMars.

GOOD: Portugal President to Palestinian Envoy: FAFO. “Maybe this time, the world has really learned a lesson … if only for a moment. A Palestinian envoy apparently attempted to demand action from Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, only to discover a profound lack of sympathy for the side that started the war. This clip between de Sousa and the unnamed envoy has Portugese subtitles, but de Sousa helpfully rebuked the envoy in English, for all to enjoy.”

Takeaway: “I know, I know you blame the Israelis, but this time someone from your side started it. The Palestinian side started it. You can’t blame Israel, you shouldn’t have started it.”

OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY: Power Corrupts but Sunlight Disinfects.

“You don’t look Asian because your eyes are round instead of oval.”

“She’s the most pregnant woman I’ve ever seen.”

“Prospective law students prefer to see young faculty faces rather than old faculty faces.”

“I suppose you think you owe Professor Gerber because he practically wrote your paper.”

“The law school shouldn’t engage in illegal hiring practices.”

While one might expect a storm of consequences for the individual responsible for the first four statements, the story at Ohio Northern University (ONU) unfolds quite differently.

Behind the first four comments is, of all people, the current Dean of ONU’s College of Law, Charles Rose, who, in spite of uttering such statements, received a five-year contract extension.

Professor Scott Gerber, on the other hand, who opposed illegal hiring practices, found himself removed from his classroom by campus security officers on April 14 and was escorted to a meeting with Rose, who handed Gerber a “memorandum initiating his suspension from all faculty duties.”

Make them pay.

IF ONLY THEY RESIGNED FOR TELLING OTHER LIES: NY Times Writer Resigns After Signing Letter Accusing Israel of Genocide.

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO MURDER: Former nurse now linked to 17 nursing home deaths. ” A former Pennsylvania nurse who, in May, had been accused of killing two patients with doses of insulin now faces more murder charges and has confessed to trying to kill 19 additional people at several locations, authorities said Thursday. Heather Pressdee, 41, is accused of administering excessive amounts of insulin to patients in her care, some of whom were diabetic and required insulin, and some of whom were not, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.”

21ST CENTURY EDUCATION: “I’m giving this post my ‘motherhood’ tag because every single person named in the article is female. Presumably, fathers are involved, at least somewhere along the line, but this feels to me like mothering, not fathering.”

The other subtext is the contempt for traditional schooling. Take your kids out of public school for a month? Why not? It’s not like they’ll miss anything important; we learned that during the pandemic. And in fact, the pandemic is repeatedly mentioned as a turning point here. “For some parents, the incompatibility of school schedules with travel desires leads families to drop out of school systems altogether.” I should give this my K-12 Implosion tag.

THE GLOBAL BABY BUST: FEMALE PERSPECTIVES. “Women seem to be driving declines in birth rates globally.”

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE DIE: Angel Studios’ latest production is “After Death” and it brings the same high production values and innovative approach to funding that marked “The Chosen” and “The Sound of Freedom.”

This latest effort addresses the significance of “near-deaths” of people who suffer a horrendously traumatic experience that to all appearances takes their life, but only temporarily. Many of them come back with vivid descriptions of what they saw and heard, with many, though not all, expressing wonder and awe.

HillFaith reprints Evolution News & Science Today editor David Klinghoffer’s review of “After Death” and you might be surprised by his evaluation.

UPDATE: I must admit that I am of a mixed mind about the veracity of near-death experiences, having had my own experience of being clinically “dead” for four minutes during an emergency double bypass operation.

THE WOKE DICTIONARY, ISRAEL-HAMAS EDITION: To follow the debate, you need to understand that words and phrases lose their ordinary meanings in favor of Orwellian ones when used by the woke. Thus:

Israeli occupation of Gaza before 10/7: Not a single Israeli soldier or civilian in Gaza

Indiscriminate bombing” Any bombing by Israel. Even the most precision bombing by Israel is always “indiscriminate.”

Innocent civilians: Any Palestinians, including armed terrorists.

The resistance: Armed terrorists.

Settlers: All Israelis.

Colonialists: See settlers.

Genocide: Any military action taken by Israel. Also, Israel just existing.

War Crime: See Genocide.

ABOLISH THE IVY LEAGUE: Double Standards at Princeton: The university’s professors defend free speech for people they like and shout down people they don’t.

READER FAVORITE: Energizer LED Headlamp (2-Pack). #CommissionEarned

BILL CLINTON SMILES: New antibiotic tackles drug-resistant gonorrhea in trial.

SCIENCE: Why runny noses are good for you.

HMM: Some benefits of exercise stem from the immune system, suggests new study.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Space Force awards $2.5 billion in rocket contracts to ULA, SpaceX.