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Jill Biden Presented a Grammy to an Iranian Musician

Shervin Hajipour is an Iranian pop star who wrote a Grammy Award-winning anti-regime protest anthem. The 27-year-old has been jailed and ordered to write a new song. He has been ordered to write an anti-American song. Hahipour’s song won a Grammy, presented in absentia by Jill Biden. (Democrats are invited to participate in award shows.) […]

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 […]