Tag: HotAir

Boebert Jumps Districts. Is That Smart? – HotAir

In 2022, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert barely eked out a victory over Democrat Adam Frisch in Colorado’s 3rd district by a few hundred votes. Following a tumultuous first term, Boebert had already drawn a primary challenger this year and Frisch is back in the running, raising a significant amount of campaign cash. Those conditions apparently led […]

The End of History (As an Academic Discipline) – HotAir

Matthew Karp, a history professor at Princeton, wrote an interesting thread on what has happened to his academic discipline over the past few years. Interesting and unsurprisingly very troubling. History Departments are no longer interested in teaching history per se but the history of ethnic groups. This is revealed in the job postings from history […]

US Carrier Group Back in South China Sea – HotAir

Just because it was Christmas doesn’t mean things have calmed down in the South China Sea. On the contrary, China is loudly vocalizing its displeasure with the Philippines and the United States. Here’s an opinion piece from the Global Times (Chinese state media) published just before Christmas. A peaceful and placid South China Sea is […]

‘Everyone Over There is a Terrorist’ – HotAir

An understandably bitter declaration, considering everything Mia Schem endured at the hands of Hamas — and its collaborators in Gaza. In Schem’s recounting of her weeks in captivity after her kidnapping on October 7, the terrorism goes well beyond the formal ranks of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Schem, whose cause became an international story […]

Ukraine Must Give Up Territory to End War – HotAir

It can be simultaneously true that Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression is just and that Ukraine will not be able to achieve the objective of completely beating back Russian advances into its territory. The Biden Administration seems to be slowly realizing that the hard realities on the ground will likely prevent the long arc of […]