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Niall Ferguson, a prominent historian and commentator on public affairs, feels the recent, dramatic rise in anti-Semitic messaging is an indictment of his own career: He says the rise of anti-Semitism means that *he failed.* Is this true? I’m not sure. But Niall’s admission of failure does highlight the fact that almost no one else seems to be taking responsibility for this failure. And it does seem that someone should. Thousands of people work in institutions and organizations that claim to be “fighting anti-Semitism.” Why aren’t we hearing these professionals admitting publicly that they failed? Why aren’t we reading of investigations into how and why these institutions and organizations failed in their work? Why aren’t we hearing of the leaders of these outfits resigning over the failure of their efforts? It does seem, on its face, that the extensive (and expensive) efforts to “fight anti-Semitism” over the last two generations did fail almost completely. Isn’t there going to be any review of what went wrong? With all due respect to Niall, it seems like there must be tens or even hundreds of individuals who should be discussing the failure of the organizations they headed in this area right now. Where are they? Are they really going to let Niall Ferguson take the rap?




Tucker Carlson on JD Vance: I think if JD Vance were president, of course he would not be at war with Iran. It's impossible for me to imagine JD Vance standing up and saying we need to have two wars to defeat a phantom nuclear program. It's too insane. I think he has too much self-respect to say something like that. I wish he had been elected president in 2024, but that didn't happen. I love JD. I don't agree with him on everything, of course, but I think he's an honest, very smart, decent person. That puts him above almost all politicians I've ever met. Source: Bloomberg











