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New York Times reporter Kate Zernike‚ infamous here for her hostile coverage of the Tea Party‚ absorbed an interesting takeaway from the spectacle of three Ivy League college presidents who testified before Congress and refused to condemn anti-Semitic rallies on their progressive campuses: sexism! (She wrote about discrimination against women at MIT in a 2023 book.) Zernike’s Monday piece‚ “Ivy League Campus Wars Aren’t About Gender ... Are They?” wasted no time boiling down the troubling appearance of anti-Semitism on “elite” college campuses to a simplistic tale of male sexism: In the first weeks of the war between Israel and Hamas‚ Nancy Andrews read about American college presidents under fire and something nagged at her. Why‚ she wondered‚ did it seem like so many of those presidents were women? Dr. Andrews…looked up the list of federal discrimination complaints filed against colleges and universities since the start of 2022. The vast majority -- 80 percent -- were against universities led by women‚ even though just 30 percent of colleges and universities nationwide have female presidents. Of the seven complaints filed in the weeks after the war began‚ all were seeking investigations of schools led by women. It's a neat trick to demand female presidents in institutions‚ and then accuse critics of those institutions of targeting females. How strange for a reporter to imply that making discrimination complaints is by itself a sexist act. Zernike didn’t bother digging into alternative explanations‚ sticking to binary bean-counting: Then four presidents were summoned by Congress‚ under threat of subpoena‚ to answer for what Republicans called the rampant antisemitism engulfing their campuses. All were women…. Perhaps because those were the places where the protests occurred? …other women in the academy described a similar reaction to the spectacle around the hearing on Dec. 5 and the fallout since: Ms. Magill and Dr. Gay resigned‚ their critics made it clear they were coming for Dr. Kornbluth‚ and last week‚ prominent male donors demanded the ouster of Cornell president Martha Pollack‚ too. At least no one’s questioning anyone’s gender. Underlying all the conversations was the most maddening‚ familiar and ultimately unanswerable question of all: Would a man have been treated the same way? Speaking of unequal treatment‚ Zernike was oddly dismissive of the main congressional questioner‚ female Republican Representative Elise Stefanik (NY)‚ burying her identity in an outside link: Mr. Rowan and Ronald Lauder‚ another prominent Penn donor and Magill critic‚ held a fund-raiser for the Republican congresswoman who ordered the college presidents to testify. Zernike briefly noted the actual gender disparity problem on campus among undergraduates (where women outnumber men 60-40)‚ before waving it away: But those numbers can obscure the stubborn disparities for women in academia…. Zernike committed revisionist history to suggest former Harvard president Larry Summers had not been forced out for alleged sexist remarks about women’s aptitude for math‚ but instead for not pleasing black Harvard scholars: It’s conventionally recalled that Dr. [Larry] Summers himself was forced to resign after he mused that the lack of female STEM professors could be attributed to women’s lesser “intrinsic aptitude” in math -- a lawsuit accusing Harvard of antisemitism cites this as evidence of the university’s hypocrisy. But the actual chronology suggests that it is more an example of the leeway granted men. Dr. Summers had clashed with prominent Black scholars four years earlier‚ and he did not resign until more than a year after his comments on women in science. The immediate prompt was a faculty revolt over revelations that suggested he had protected a friend implicated in a federal fraud investigation that Harvard had paid $26.5 million to settle. Left-wing activist Cornel West was criticized by then-Harvard president Summers in the early part of the century for not fulfilling his academic duties (West did find the time to make a rap CD.) Increasing the paranoia‚ Zernike warned women presidents to watch out for male financiers! Board members and big donors can pose particular challenges for women‚ coming as they often do from the male-dominated world of finance….

A family in Detroit is struggling with the decision to pull life support from a father of six after he was brutally mauled by three dogs. Harold Phillips' family said that he was walking to his home from a bus stop on Monday when three dogs escaped from a neighbor's back yard and attacked him. "The dogs bit his groin‚ his head‚ his back‚ his legs — they mauled him‚" his wife‚ Shauntaye Phillips‚ said to WJBK-TV. "Your dogs supposed to know‚ they're supposed to protect your home‚ he wasn’t bothering nobody‚ he was walking home to his family." She said that they may have to pull him from life support. On Monday‚ doctors amputated his arm above the elbow. "If you don't know how to contain a dog‚ don't buy one. It's just causing harm to the society" said the victim's son‚ Haroun Phillips."It should be justice‚ I don't what to say. It's my dad‚ it's him‚ he's not supposed to die like this‚ he's too strong‚" he added. "My heart broke because I don't have a father to take care of me‚" said Hailey Phillips‚ the daughter of the victim. The owner of the dogs admitted to WXYZ-TV that they had bitten other people before. "To the Phillips family‚ I'm so sorry‚" said Roy Goodman. "Nothing I can do can make this right but if there's anything I can do‚ I will."He said one of the three biting cases involved a child. "After the child situation‚ the one dog should have definitely been put down‚" Goodman admitted. The Goodmans face multiple fines over laws they broke regarding their dogs. Shauntaye Phillips set up a GoFundMe account to ask for help to pay their health bills. "[H]e is an amazing father and a good husband who takes pride in his family and we are asking for any help that yall can give to cover his doctors and hospital expenses‚" she wrote. "I don't wanna say funeral but that's the road we are on so please if you can find it in your hearts to help our family we appreciate you all‚" she added. Here's a news report about the incident: Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A mother in central Florida has been banned from dropping off her children at a Christian private school because of an oversized advertisement on her car for her OnlyFans account. “That’s a distraction to my children‚” said Lexy Thomas‚ a school parent‚ to WFTV-TV. “And no matter how poorly or how good I parent‚ porn is there‚ and that’s kind of the first thing they’re seeing when they’re going into a place that should be educating them.” Thomas is referring to Michelle Cline‚ who says Liberty Christian Prep school in Tavares has told her to park across the street or remove the advertisement from her car.“My husband and I had this‚ you know‚ little wild‚ you know‚ behind-closed-doors lifestyle that we’ve now decided to share‚” Cline said. "It's definitely linked to explicit content‚ adult content‚ for sure." Thomas said part of the problem is the size of the advertisement. “It’s not just a tiny little emblem on the back of a car‚ it is taking up the entire windshield‚” she continued. After a number of parents complained to the school‚ it gave Cline the ultimatum. She said refuses to take down the ad. “And that one seemed like an easy thing to say‚ for sure‚” Cline said. “But for me‚ you know‚ it supports my family‚ this provides a very comfortable way of life for us. And it’s legal‚ you know‚ I pay taxes just like everyone else but I’m not breaking the law. I just offended people.” The mom of three says she clears about $20‚000 per month with the account. She went on to say that the Christian school should at least provide someone to make sure the children get across the busy street safely. Thomas‚ who is an online parent influencer‚ told the New York Post she wants them expelled from the school. “She can do what she wants on her own time‚" she said. “I have no problem with that. But we’re talking about a school and kids seeing this. That’s a different issue.” Here's a local news report about the incident: Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

In an 18-15 party-line vote‚ the House Homeland Security Committee advanced articles of impeachment that target Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas. While Republicans voted in favor advancing the articles‚ Democrats voted against it‚ according to the Associated Press."The facts are indisputable—for three years‚ Secretary Mayorkas has willfully and systemically refused to comply with the laws enacted by Congress‚ and he has breached the public trust. His actions created this unprecedented crisis‚ turning every state into a border state‚" committee chair Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said‚ according to a press release."As a result‚ thousands of Americans have lost their lives and our nation is experiencing a historic national security‚ public safety‚ and humanitarian catastrophe. Make no mistake‚ Secretary Mayorkas' lawlessness is exactly what the Framers of our Constitution designed impeachment to remedy. The historical record makes it clear—Congress holds impeachment power to hold accountable public officials who refuse to do their duty‚ and to deal with grave harms to our political order‚" Green said‚ according to the press release.The impeachment push is likely doomed to fail. Even if House Republicans were to vote in favor of impeaching Mayorkas‚ the subsequent Senate vote would almost certainly fall short of the threshold necessary to convict.Border security is critical for public safety. For example‚ a recent post from U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens highlighted the arrest of child sex offenders."Over the weekend‚ USBP agents in Casa Grande‚ AZ‚ El Paso &; Del Rio‚ TX arrested child sex offenders w/ felony convictions &; prison sentences ranging from 36 months to 20 years‚" Owens noted. "They re-entered illegally after being deported. Agents caught them and kept them out of your community." — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Mayor Brandon Johnson‚ an ultra-progressive who for weeks has decried Israel’s military campaign to destroy Hamas‚ served as the tiebreaker vote.