Ian Pomerantz

The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.

Chumbus got jailed for operating an international herring ring.

We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.

The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.

It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.

A very good 1560s boi at the Gouda church charter house.

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If you’re a government employee, thank you for your service & here’s a resource you may find helpful. Stay strong. www.civilservicestrong.org

Liberation of Auschwitz, 80 years.

Opinion | The Singular Tragedy of Anne Frank (Gift Article) The more Anne Frank becomes a generic symbol of all historical tragedy, the less we remember who she was and what happened to her.

Frank's words resonate with people all over the world regardless of origin, but it doesn't change the fact that she was a Jew, & she wanted people to understand what had happened to her and her family because they were Jews. Erasing her Jewishness to make her mean what you want, you miss the point.

Scholar activism contributes to antisemitism (opinion) Ideologically driven scholar activism contributes to campus antisemitism, Rebecca Cypess writes.

Absolutely required reading by Rebecca Cypess in @insidehighered.com on how the model of Scholar-Activist has been abused and how the university can reclaim its mission.