By Ariel Zilber – Published Oct. 13, 2023, 11:40 a.m. ET – New York Post My cmnt: Gay is Harvard’s DEI (i.e., diversity, equity, inclusion – or before that EEOC – and before that Affirmative Action) hire. She checks all the boxes except being a lesbian. A truly diverse hire for Harvard would be Victor Davis Hanson but that will never happen, nor anyone similar to him in worldview, because diversity of thought is NOT allowed in Ivy League schools. Harvard president Claudine Gay pushed back on attempts to name students who signed a letter blaming Israel for the massacres … Continue reading Harvard president Claudine Gay refuses to punish students behind anti-Israel letter

By Lawrence W. Reed Introduction Many volumes have been written about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 and its impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Historians, economists and politicians have all combed the wreckage searching for the “black box” that will reveal the cause of the calamity. Sadly, all too many of them decide to abandon their search, finding it easier perhaps to circulate a host of false and harmful conclusions about the events of seven decades ago. Consequently, many people today continue to accept critiques of free-market capitalism that are unjustified and support government policies that are economically … Continue reading Great Myths of the Great Depression

John Baylor has long known that his brother was loved by a circle of lifelong friends and cared for by the Lincoln community at large. It was evident in the occasional calls from his brother’s dry cleaner imploring John to check in on James, the youngest of six siblings, if he didn’t seem like his usual self when he stopped by pick up his clothes. John could see the admiration on the faces of patrons at the Zoo Bar, his favorite watering hole, when James — who was more often called Jim or Jimbo, but never Robert, his first name — sang karaoke … Continue reading Lincoln man who died after downtown assault remembered as ‘dear, kind, tender soul’

A Lincoln man who was rushed to a local hospital with a brain bleed that required emergency surgery after police found him unconscious with a head injury following an assault on a downtown street corner Aug. 27 died on Tuesday, according to police. James Baylor was 55 years old. Medical examiners will conduct an autopsy Wednesday to determine the exact cause of his death, Lincoln Police Capt. Todd Kocian said. Police have already arrested the 22-year-old Lincoln man allegedly responsible for the attack that preceded Baylor’s death. Rodriguez Alvis Prosecutors charged Angel Rodriguez Alvis last week with first-degree assault, a felony punishable … Continue reading Lincoln man dies 9 days after alleged downtown assault, police say

by Meg Storm – August 22, 20235 min read – for Megyn Kelly website Just call it a blindside. The inspiring story of retired NFL tackle Michael Oher and the Tuohy family is well known thanks to Michael Lewis’ best selling book The Blind Side and the 2009 movie of the same name that earned actress Sandra Bullock an Oscar for her portrayal of matriarch Leigh Anne Tuohy. But now it is all being called into question. Earlier this month, Oher filed a petition in Tennessee court alleging Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took him into their home as a high … Continue reading The Truth about the Fallout between Michael Oher and the Tuohy family from “The Blind Side”