I'd never seen this 2013 article before. It asks whether the notion that Matthew Shepard was murdered for being gay was, in fact, a myth. That's me on the right in the picture, on the front line of a riot in Manhattan over his death in October 1998. I believed the myth! But after

western “leftists” to Palestinians

When students at a private, Ivy League, highly exclusive university (96% of applicants rejected) where a bachelors degree costs $350K, deem it 'The People's University', you understand why so any of them go to work at The People's Hedge Fund and The People's Consulting Firm.

Happy St. George's Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

There’s a fourth reason. MAGA is left of Hillary Clinton on trade and foreign policy. If we want normal Republicans back, MAGA needs to lose.

A final #ShamelessPlug for a short bit I wrote yesterday on CAA, Gideon Falter, provoking the police (?) and acting in good faith:

Antisemitism and the problem with being “openly Jewish” cityam.com/antisemitism-a…

At least they confirmed that 'Zionist' just means 'Jew'

For a second, imagine that black students at Columbia were taunted with chants of 'Go back to Africa.'

Or imagine that a gay student at Yale was surrounded by homophobic protesters and hit in the eye with a flagpole.

Or imagine if a campus imam told Muslim students that they

I’m never shocked when undergrads say uninformed things, but I am a bit shocked to see a social psychologist on Twitter today refer to the “genocide” of Gaza. Do people just not know the meaning of words or do they just prefer to use the wrong word because it has more impact?

Your mom jokes are still the highest form of wit

To our dear allies:

Please note that Iranians do not identify with the Islamic Republic’s flag, unless they are supporters of the regime.

We identify with our original lion & sun flag, a one thousand-year-old emblem that carries ancient mythological significance, Zoroastrian

The scenes currently being repeated on US campuses

Found this painting in a charity shop, I think it's a Constable.

New Podcast:

The history of Israeli and Iran.

The relationship between the Jewish State and the Islamic Republic has fluctuated dramatically.
Maziar Bahari tells us how and why.

🎧: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hist…

Twenty-nine Nigerian Christians slaughtered in three-day pogrom catholicherald.co.uk/twenty-nine-ni…

This is what AI was invented for

The term late capitalism has been used on the left for a hundred years! That period has been far and away the most prosperous period for humanity. And it’s obviously not ending anytime soon. Framing every single problem with the economy as a fight against capitalism is insane.