HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Vassar faculty-sponsored anti-Israel event erupts in controversy: Invited speaker accuses Israel of scientific experiment in “stunting” growth of Palestinian bodies.

Two observations: (1) The most observable stunting of Palestinians is moral, not physical, and their supporters are more to blame for this than their enemies. (2) Whenever you hear someone, usually an academic or hanger-on, invoke the “bodies” trope — e.g., “black bodies,” “brown bodies,” “Palestinian bodies,” that’s a strong indicator that the speaker is an idiot.