Out for a Penny, Out for a Pound

Harvard University's Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging will once again host "affinity celebrations" at its 2024 commencement, according to documents obtained by National Review.
Harvard plans to hold a "Disability Celebration," a "Global Indigenous Celebration," an "Asian American, Pacific Islander, Desi-American (APIDA) Celebration," a "First Generation-Low Income Celebration," a "Jewish Celebration," a "Latinx Celebration," a "Lavender Celebration" — which refers to LGBT students — a "Black Celebration," a "Veterans Celebration," and an "Arab Celebration." The university will also hold a central commencement ceremony for students of all backgrounds.

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Anyone interested in the astonishing idiocy of politicians generally and the VP particularly might look at her unbelievably stupid statement on the women's championship basketball bracket. Its stupidity is hard to grasp completely.

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Out for a Penny, Out for a Pound

The world is fretting over the possible Israeli invasion of Rafah. It fears genocide. It fears expanding the conflict. Biden has threatened a change in philosophy if Israel does not change its policy toward refugees and Rafah. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Thursday she would move to block the sale of F-15s to Israel after seven aid workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza earlier this week.

Israel vs. Palestine is a small conflict. Israel is a dense, heavily armed, nuclear power with an international footprint and aspirations; Gaza is a tiny failing agrarian community threatened with becoming hunter-gatherers. The risk to the world there is accident and vandalism. A nuclear misstep. Interrupting the world trade of oil. Iran, the major sponsor of anti-Israeli military action, insists upon several degrees of separation. A veneer of hands-off innocence.
 
But Israel just struck an Iranian outpost in Syria and killed three high-ranking officers. Iran vowed it would take revenge for the attack, and now foreign media is reporting that US intelligence is fearful of an attack on Israel. The CIA has warned that Iran will attack in 48 hours.

So, how's that U.S. containment/de-escalation policy going? Everything okay in Rafah?