Summer Reading for Freshmen—Arrggh! by John Leo What books do colleges and universities ask incoming freshmen to read over the summer? “Beach Books,” a study by the National Association of Scholars, has an answer: it turned up 180 books at 290 institutions and concluded that the book choices are unchallenging, heavily pitched to themes of [...]

If you’ve been to a bar or club in the past two years, chances are that you’ve heard a song by M.I.A., a hip-hop artist with a cool African beat to her addictive songs that are politically provocative. Her biggest song, “Paper Planes,” was upbeat and catchy even while vividly describing acts of robbery and [...]

Noam Chomsky gets turned away by the country he works to destroy.

Muslim student attempts to physically assault me for defending Israel. What will university administrators do about it?

I will be constantly updating this list. Please email me at jeffrey@horowitzfreedomcenter.org with any other information. Arizona State Boston University – (Students for Justice in Palestine) Brandeis University (Stand Up for Justice) Brooklyn College (The Palestinian Club at Brooklyn College) Brown (Students for Justice in Palestine) Cal St. Long Beach Central Connecticut State University Columbia [...]

Have I ever told you about how, back in the Reagan years, my fellow lefties and I used to get drunk and watch “The 700 Club” and make fun of the televangelists?
I have? OK, sorry…
I’ve come a long way, and so has the show, apparently. Defying all cynical liberal expectations, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) [...]

I’m one of those crappy friends that will make fun of you for your mistakes until there is simply no material left, no matter how far long ago, no matter how much you’ve changed. And it is in this way that I’m a proud American.
Despite this positive turnaround from Chirac to Sarkozy, it just feels [...]

One the key tricks writers use is to type the words that are in their heads, or sometimes coming out of their mouths. This makes today’s post for me exceptionally difficult, because if I printed the litany of four-letter words that just came out of my mouth after reading Jamie Glazov’s article, I’d be fired.
I [...]

“Headley, 49, had denied the charges but changed his plea to avoid the death penalty or extradition to India, Pakistan or Denmark.” Jihad Watch reader Paul comments: “Heh. Didn’t really believe all those promises of the celestial Playboy Club, did we now, Daood?” “US citizen David Headley admits role in…

For today’s installment of NewsReal Blog Book Club, David Forsmark — who is FrontPage Magazine’s chief book critic — reveals what he’s reading right now:
To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the [...]