National Public Radio ran a report this morning about a set of campus protests scheduled to occur today at thirty U.S. universities. The target of the protests (insofar as these things have a target, beyond massaging the overinflated egos of their participants) is Israel's recent actions in Palestinian territory. The journalist interviewed one organizer at the University of Michigan, who described how his movement has "scared the pro-Israel groups," who in the past have been able to dominate campus debate because they are "rich with resources."

Right, the Jews own all the media. Haven't we heard this somewhere before?

The journalist went on to explain that pro-Palestinian students have been energized by the "recent violence in Israel." The "recent" violence. Let's translate. The pro-Palestinians who now spout platitudes about stopping the violence had nothing -- absolutely nothing -- to say over the past few months as their ideological comrades were strapping shrapnel-laden bombs to the chests of idiot youngsters and sending them into restaurants and shopping malls. Now that this barbaric behavior has inspired its deserved response, and only now, well, its time to take to the quad, sip some herbal tea while holding a "Zionism = racism" sign, and chant mindless rhyming slogans while skipping the political science class which likely as not inspired much of this wrongheadedness in the first place.

I guess there's some sweet irony in that last part. Many large universities seem intent on adding insult to injury by not only failing to produce students grounded in classics and scientific skills, but by indoctrinating them with all sorts of nonsense, all while charging escalating tuition. I hope the parents of prospective students are paying close attention.