Sundays, I used to spend happily absorbed in The New York Times, but over the years I drifted away from this habit as the paper lost its balance and its wits. Inaccuracies, invented news, and increasing bias drove me away. I grew up with a fanatic and I have no tolerance left for fanaticism. Now I read multiple news sources, The Free Press among them, and I am grateful to the brave scribes and journalists who value facts and write reality.
If you have no inner compass you have no sense of self; forever lost among the crowds of others telling you what and where to be. Teach children what it is to recognize and build their inner compass and they will be insitu rocks in their inner being as they wander this storm ridden planet.
Today, President Biden shocked the world by emerging from an alleged slumber, knocking down round of Red Bull and kicking ass in the Middle East. At least a dozen USN ships of the line loaded with Marines, planes and Red Bull and are headed to the Mediterranean to support Israel and give notice to Iran that should a northern front open with Hezbollah in Lebanon it will be Junk Removal Day at Iranian Reactor sites. Other players surprised: All of Europe, including NATO. Russia didn't want even more Western power projected in the East. Now America is decisive enough to convince every country who thought us as paper tigers that President Biden of all players is the Rising Tiger. While strategic planners may wring their hands over the impossibility of winning a war with Iran, Russia and China nothing upsets the assumption of unchallenged power like a determined United States of America.
When people jump to conclusions before examining all the evidence reminds me of a saying that my dad told me. “Open your eyes before you open your mouth”. I try to live by that every day.
"Here’s Atlantic journalist Anne Applebaum expressing that thought yesterday on Twitter: “Out of all the terrible problems there are in the world today, the problem of small numbers of American university students with stupid or even evil opinions seems to me the least important and least interesting. But clearly, I am in a minority.”
So let us get this straight: college is worth taking on hundreds of thousands in debt. . . but also completely meaningless?
It’s wishful thinking to say people naturally grow out of hateful beliefs, as though history has ever shown that. If Ivy League students are glorifying Hamas, with professors applauding them, there is very little reason to believe that, a few years later—now congressmen and lawyers, doctors and teachers, and perhaps professors themselves—they will necessarily have changed their views."
Well sad. There was a time when I thought they would grow out of it, as I did. Those days are Long Gone.
Nassim Taleb has done a good job arguing that an highly motivated intolerant minority usually prevails. I agree. So if even 10-15% of college kids are uber intolerant, they’ll dominate. Exactly what’s happening.
Bari, you've trained your sights on captured universities. So well done and I only hope it continues. I only hope you now go after captured main stream media, left and right.
Someone tell me the difference between some woke person applauding something bad happening to Trump, and Bari applauding rich assholes not sending money to universities. There is no difference.
It has always been childish to cheer the misfortune of others. Still is.
I stopped donating to my alma maters (both public universities) and my grown sons' alma mater (SUNY New Paltz) and stated in all cases, in my returned, no check included donation form, that I cannot support institutions where "pronouns" are coerced from staff "to be inclusive." I explained that the father of my sons now "identifies as mother" that is he says he's me, which is impersonation. In one case, I got a snooty, judgemental reply, "I see you put YOUR needs first." Actually, their deadbeat dad, who committed financial fraud in court twice to avoid child support, then his half of college tuition, had no regard for his sons' needs, supported by his psychologist "sexologist."
Thanks! Here's my link to analysis of the Glintborg study, which found high risk of cardiovascular disease in individuals of both sexes whor are taking wrong sex hormones. In my analysis, including the link to European Journal of Endocrinology, vol 187, issue 3, I copied 4 ludicrous Reddit replies by these deluded men, in failed efforts to debunk this statistically significant data: https://wordpress.com/post/uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com/6488
Sundays, I used to spend happily absorbed in The New York Times, but over the years I drifted away from this habit as the paper lost its balance and its wits. Inaccuracies, invented news, and increasing bias drove me away. I grew up with a fanatic and I have no tolerance left for fanaticism. Now I read multiple news sources, The Free Press among them, and I am grateful to the brave scribes and journalists who value facts and write reality.
Seven days later: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/pageoneplus/editors-note-gaza-hospital-coverage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The media was so quick to “report” on the initial story being given by Palestinians! Yet, not so quick to amend as the true story came out!
I'm so thankful for The Free Press, especially all the work they've done since the Hamas attack on Israel.
If you have no inner compass you have no sense of self; forever lost among the crowds of others telling you what and where to be. Teach children what it is to recognize and build their inner compass and they will be insitu rocks in their inner being as they wander this storm ridden planet.
I am waiting for the next headline change that says, "A dozen people killed in parking lot by Palestinian rocket."
Thanks for the link to Sullivan. Reminds me why I quit reading him years ago. Too frustrating. Too inconsistent. Too emotional.
No cost to global warming initiatives?? Ignorance or self delusion in the extreme.
Trump hatred. Trump is an extraordinarily awful person, yet Sully manages to smear the guy. Quite the feat!
His main point is spot on, though. The Death of Classical Liberalism? Sure feels like it.
One of those billionaires should fully fund a war correspondent for the FP.
Today, President Biden shocked the world by emerging from an alleged slumber, knocking down round of Red Bull and kicking ass in the Middle East. At least a dozen USN ships of the line loaded with Marines, planes and Red Bull and are headed to the Mediterranean to support Israel and give notice to Iran that should a northern front open with Hezbollah in Lebanon it will be Junk Removal Day at Iranian Reactor sites. Other players surprised: All of Europe, including NATO. Russia didn't want even more Western power projected in the East. Now America is decisive enough to convince every country who thought us as paper tigers that President Biden of all players is the Rising Tiger. While strategic planners may wring their hands over the impossibility of winning a war with Iran, Russia and China nothing upsets the assumption of unchallenged power like a determined United States of America.
When people jump to conclusions before examining all the evidence reminds me of a saying that my dad told me. “Open your eyes before you open your mouth”. I try to live by that every day.
"Here’s Atlantic journalist Anne Applebaum expressing that thought yesterday on Twitter: “Out of all the terrible problems there are in the world today, the problem of small numbers of American university students with stupid or even evil opinions seems to me the least important and least interesting. But clearly, I am in a minority.”
So let us get this straight: college is worth taking on hundreds of thousands in debt. . . but also completely meaningless?
It’s wishful thinking to say people naturally grow out of hateful beliefs, as though history has ever shown that. If Ivy League students are glorifying Hamas, with professors applauding them, there is very little reason to believe that, a few years later—now congressmen and lawyers, doctors and teachers, and perhaps professors themselves—they will necessarily have changed their views."
Well sad. There was a time when I thought they would grow out of it, as I did. Those days are Long Gone.
Nassim Taleb has done a good job arguing that an highly motivated intolerant minority usually prevails. I agree. So if even 10-15% of college kids are uber intolerant, they’ll dominate. Exactly what’s happening.
IDF needs that nun!
Bari, you've trained your sights on captured universities. So well done and I only hope it continues. I only hope you now go after captured main stream media, left and right.
Actually, the supposed "misinformation" came from Israel itself: https://twitter.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1714357150594588816
Someone tell me the difference between some woke person applauding something bad happening to Trump, and Bari applauding rich assholes not sending money to universities. There is no difference.
It has always been childish to cheer the misfortune of others. Still is.
I stopped donating to my alma maters (both public universities) and my grown sons' alma mater (SUNY New Paltz) and stated in all cases, in my returned, no check included donation form, that I cannot support institutions where "pronouns" are coerced from staff "to be inclusive." I explained that the father of my sons now "identifies as mother" that is he says he's me, which is impersonation. In one case, I got a snooty, judgemental reply, "I see you put YOUR needs first." Actually, their deadbeat dad, who committed financial fraud in court twice to avoid child support, then his half of college tuition, had no regard for his sons' needs, supported by his psychologist "sexologist."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuYMWwIa0oY&t=8s
You tell 'em, Ute!
Thanks! Here's my link to analysis of the Glintborg study, which found high risk of cardiovascular disease in individuals of both sexes whor are taking wrong sex hormones. In my analysis, including the link to European Journal of Endocrinology, vol 187, issue 3, I copied 4 ludicrous Reddit replies by these deluded men, in failed efforts to debunk this statistically significant data: https://wordpress.com/post/uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com/6488