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Ivy Leaguers, Find Your Spines
I spent my years at Columbia ignoring my common sense in the face of a glaring double standard. Now my classmates cheer on murder and I’m sitting with my shame.
BY ANI WILCENSKI
What Happens When You Teach at Columbia and Reject Hamas
A professor and his wife saw their lives upended by their decision to denounce terrorism in Israel and antisemitism in America
BY SHAI DAVIDAI AND YARDENNE GREENSPAN
Elite universities went to war against fraternities and fun while indulging Hamas-admiring collectives, and the students have noticed
BY ANI WILCENSKI
Number of the Day from The Scroll
260
→ That’s how many balloons full of o-mul—a Korean term that can mean either “trash” or “excrement”—floated over the North Korean border into South Korea between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The trash balloons appear to be Kim Jong Un’s response to a swarm of balloons recently sent into North Korea by a South Korean activist group, which contained 30,000 anti-regime leaflets and USB drives with music from K-pop bands such as BTS. Previously, the North Korean government had blamed South Korean balloons for starting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Michael Lind chronicles civilizational shifts and national trends, writing about American politics and culture with a deep understanding of history and appreciation for America's highest ideals.