I spent five wonderful years in Ithaca, New York, as a grad student at Cornell University during the 1980s. It’s where I got married and had my first child, where I got my PhD and where I had my first full-time teaching job at nearby Ithaca College. So, I have been following with particular interest… Continue reading Cornell University: The Suppression of Free Speech and Acquiescence to Misogyny The post Cornell University: The Suppression of Free Speech and Acquiescence to Misogyny appeared first on Fair Observer.

Few figures in contemporary technology and politics generate as much contradictory commentary as entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel. Depending on the lens, he appears as a visionary investor, a philosophical contrarian, a kingmaker of the American right, or, in darker readings, an architect of illiberal politics dressed in Silicon Valley language. To understand why… Continue reading Peter Thiel: Prophet, Provocateur or Threat to Liberal Democracy? The post Peter Thiel: Prophet, Provocateur or Threat to Liberal Democracy? appeared first on Fair Observer.

In recent months, Bahrain — the only Gulf state that is home to a Shiite Muslim majority and a prime target of Iranian retaliatory strikes in the Islamic Republic’s on-off tit-for-tat war with the United States — has rounded up scores of religious scholars whom authorities accuse of conspiring with Iran. The arrests sparked protests… Continue reading Ethnic Strife Looms Large As Trump’s Weighs Options In Iran The post Ethnic Strife Looms Large As Trump’s Weighs Options In Iran appeared first on Fair Observer.