Op-Eds and Guest Essays

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (341+ words) Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a growing wave of international isolation. A recent report in the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth described the emerging threat as a “tsunami” of sanctions targeting government officials, settlers and institutions. The war in Gaza,…...

4+ hour, 5+ min ago   (396+ words) California just passed a law that requires all employers to institute anti-hate speech training. And what’s particularly controversial is that it doesn’t make exceptions for churches. Assembly Bill 1803 (AB-1803) was passed earlier this year by the California General Assembly and…...

11+ hour, 33+ min ago   (594+ words) insightintoacademia.com A growing share of high school students say they have dropped colleges from consideration because of the politics of the state where the school is located. A new poll from the higher education consultancy Art & Science Group finds…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (260+ words) MPs and animal welfare and protection groups have signed an open letter calling on NSW Premier Chris Minns and the NSW Parliament to commit to a planned phase-out of greyhound racing and an end to public funding of the industry....

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (264+ words) But did you know that Daffron worked as a union buster on the 1987-88 International Paper Strike in Jay? In an interview with Bowdoin College in 2009, Daffron said he left his job at Republican Senator Bill Cohen’s office to work for…...

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1209+ words) A day after state lawmakers failed to pass a sweeping tax relief package, the leader of the House of Representatives accused Governor Charlie Baker’s administration of keeping lawmakers in the dark for months about the potential of the state triggering…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (587+ words) Just one day after the third anniversary of the Palestinian massacres by Hamas of October 7, 2023, the CBC radio program Ideas saw host Nahlah Ayed devote nearly an hour to uninterrupted anti-Israel allegations, with virtually zero mention of either the impact…...

8+ hour, 9+ min ago   (305+ words) Oak Park’s Nov. 3 ballot asks whether Illinois should repeal its 2015 ban on state pension investment in companies that boycott Israel. This Illinois law singles out Israel for protection from boycott. A Yes vote on this advisory referendum tells our local…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (390+ words) CBC News’ documented anti-Israel bias in its coverage of the Middle East extends not only to its mainstream news coverage, but in its reporting specifically geared towards children. In an October 2 article for CBC Kids News, “a daily news service…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (807+ words) VICTORIA — Premier David Eby stumbled this week when he confirmed that his family has availed itself of two of B.C.’s heavily subsidized and very limited number of $10-a-day child care spaces. When Eby was asked Monday when asked if…...