STANDING UP AGAINST VIOLENCE AND BIGOTRY: Federal Court Issues Injunction Prohibiting UCLA From Allowing Antisemitic Encampments To Block Jewish Students From Areas Of Campus.

A PHRASE WITH LOTS OF APPLICATIONS: Choke on It, You Commies.

ROGER KIMBALL: What The Right Gets Wrong About Art.

HER CAMPAIGN IS ORGANIC AND NOT AT ALL FAKE: Kamala Harris’ campaign team is editing news headlines in her favor — without outlets’ knowledge: report.

OF COURSE: Media’s pro-Harris hype affecting polls hard.

THIS HAS ONLY GOTTEN TRUER ON BOTH ENDS SINCE: 2021 Flashback: Boeing’s Spaceship Problems Show Just How Amazing Musk’s SpaceX Is.

“THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR MEDIA IS VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS MOMENT.” Paramount Begins Layoff of 15% of Workforce.

CNN’S RATINGS ARE SAD: CNN Seethes With Envy as Trump-Musk Interview Crushes Failing Network’s Primetime Ratings: Meanwhile, Kamala Harris continues to hide from friendly journalists.

Related:

Kamala's Team Releases New Campaign Slogan: 'We Decline Your Request For An Interview' https://t.co/rp03fSggYr pic.twitter.com/kyU7d2FjYl

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 13, 2024

FROM “WHITE SUPREMACIST MYTH” TO “JUST WHAT AMERICA NEEDS!” NYT Promotes Great Replacement Theory.

TONI AIRAKSINEN ON TITLE IX NONSENSE AND RESPONSES: SUNY Albany Student Accused of Rape, but Witnesses Claim Nothing Was Afoul: Lawsuit. Make them pay.

Plus: Cornell Student Trades Cap and Gown for Orange Jumpsuit After Antisemitic Threats.

FAKE SCANDALS, LAWFARE, AND POLITICAL DIRTY TRICKS: Matt Taibbi: FOIA Files: Did Special Counsel Robert Mueller Rely on Clinton Campaign Operatives to Point to Russia?

YEP: Maybe Homeschooling is Easier Than You Think: It’s one way to resist toxic campus environments. “My wife and I homeschool our nine-year-old son, and we’ve found that it helps foster independent thought and counteracts consumerism, social media obsession, and other forms of anxiety-producing groupthink. From time to time, I write about homeschooling, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the level of interest the practice generates. I’ve also noticed plenty of unwarranted trepidation.”

Plus, an upside: “Dropping off kids at school can be almost as irritating as navigating a Trader Joe’s parking lot, but homeschoolers get to avoid all that early-morning angst. And much of the rest of the day might also be easier than you expected.”

When our daughter switched to Kaplan online high school, I felt like I got out of jail. No more 7:30 am dropoffs, no more long waits in pickup lines, no more scheduling our vacations around the school schedule.

AMERICA’S LEFTIST INSTITUTIONS ARE CESSPITS OF ANTISEMITISM: Inside the Campaign to Blacklist ‘Zionist’ Therapists.

WHILE BRITAIN AND EUROPE COMMIT SEPPUKU IN ATONEMENT FOR THE ALLEGED EVILS OF COLONIALISM: Nigeria Reverts to Its Old Colonial Anthem: The song represents the patriotism present at its independence.

Nigeria ditched its indigenous national anthem in May and restored the old colonial one. The decision by the country’s National Assembly to revive a song written and composed by two white British women has caused predictable meltdowns in polite society. But it is the latest evidence that the shine is off decolonization.

The British assumed colonial rule over the first part of the territory that is now Nigeria in 1861. As the peaceful and carefully planned shift to Nigerian independence in 1960 approached, contests were held to decide the lyrics and music of the national anthem. The winners were a British social worker temporarily living in Nigeria and a piano teacher from London. Both women were white, but nobody seemed to care. As a Nigerian commentator wrote in 2009, “our national anthem ‘Nigeria we hail thee . . .’ opened me and I believe millions of Nigerians up with pride and the feeling of patriotism.”

After a few years, Nigeria collapsed into a vicious civil war. Three decades of dictatorship followed. In 1978 the military government decided to swap out the “colonialist” anthem for a new one. Five poets and one police-band musician delivered a clunky, unmemorable tune called “Arise, O Compatriots,” with no refrain and Soviet-sounding lyrics like “The labor of our heroes past shall never be in vain.”

As corruption and misgovernance continued to plague Nigeria even with a return to democracy in 1999, the original anthem became a reminder of how far short the country had fallen from the feelings of nationhood and unity present at the country’s independence. By reinstating it, legislators hoped to move Nigeria closer to those ideals. “This anthem, with its familiar lyrics and stirring melody, evokes a sense of nostalgia and patriotism,” said Philip Agbese, deputy spokesman for the Nigerian government. Senate leader Opeyemi Bamidele similarly said that the original anthem “played quite a significant and crucial role in shaping Nigeria’s national identity” and “was symbolic of Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage.”

Decolonization was pushed too soon by proto-woke Westerners, Soviet and American geopolitics, and the ambitions of local politicos. The consequences in many places were much worse than a more measured approach would have produced. Unsurprising that we’re seeing a bit of nostalgia for the past.

Of course, now places like Nigeria are sending missionaries to Europe, Britain, and even the United States, so. . . .

OPEN THREAD: Happy Tuesday.

ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD:

Hindus in Bangladesh are enduring ethnic cleansing and genocide at the hands of Muslim Brotherhood-backed mobs. Where’s the UN? Why is the ICC silent? Has the Security Council even noticed? Why is the world fixated on Gaza while Hindu women are raped and temples are destroyed?…

— Amjad Taha أمجد طه (@amjadt25) August 11, 2024

Backstory here.

DON’T BE DRAGGING YOUR FEET, FAA: FAA postpones hearings on Starship environmental review.

ALL THE BEST PEOPLE TOLD ME THIS NEVER HAPPENS:

BREAKING: A Democrat Election Worker in Harris County, Texas named Darryl Blackburn has just been charged with six felonies for his part in rigging the 2022 midterm election against Republican candidates

"Mr. Blackburn's crime DID impact the election [results]." – DA Kim Ogg… pic.twitter.com/JZNiCx55bQ

— George (@BehizyTweets) August 13, 2024

FATHERHOOD AT FIFTY: A Growing Trend.

STANDING UP TO BIGOTRY: Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against UCLA, Stemming from Risk of Repetition of Exclusion of Jewish or Pro-Israel Students from Parts of Campus.

BUMMER: Astonishing Evidence of Life Discovered on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance Rover.

Flashback: Why I Hope There’s No Life on Mars.

JOSH TREVINO: This Sceptred Isle. Reflections on the revolution in England. “The British Museum apparatus of commerce also, it so happens, has two sections purveying for purchase materials helpful in ushering the purchaser into the occult. As for the single most-important influence on all British history, which is to say Christianity, it has nothing in particular. This too is a regime choice. . . . Among the American misapprehensions of Britain is that it is becoming Islamic. That is in fact happening — it is notable that a mosque is the only religious structure seen on the train from London to Oxford — but it is consequence rather than cause. Islam did not eradicate Christian England: that was the work of the English themselves.”

WELL, GOOD: Pre-surgical antibody treatment might prevent heart transplant rejection.

AND THE PRESS HAS DONE ITS BEST TO MAKE YOU FORGET THAT IT HAPPENED:

One month ago today, Donald Trump took a bullet to the ear in a failed assassination attempt.

Throwback to CNN and MSNBC's initial response, where they refused to say "possible gunshots" and instead reported there were "LoUd NoIsEs!" pic.twitter.com/piuGbaWUBg

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) August 13, 2024

DISAPPOINTING: Is the New Jeep Wagoneer a “Real Jeep” Off-Road? We Find Out. “Realistically capable of no more than a basic forest road or national park trail, it lacks the tools, the clearance, and the spunk that’s made Jeep the American icon it is today.”

To be fair, very few of these SUVs ever get used off-road much. But if you want one that can go there, this isn’t the one for you. The Lexus LX and GX would be the closest competitors that can really go off-road, or their corresponding Toyota vehicles, the new Land Cruiser and the Forerunner. And the Chevy Tahoe Z71 gets a good review.