Mideast desk: We’re ‘Effectively at War�With Iran
“With the Houthis firing missiles�regularly, cargo companies are diverting ships from the Red Sea to “much longer�and “more expensive alternate routes,�nbsp;, but not China’s state-owned COSCO.
“Iran, through the Houthis, is effectively shutting off the Red Sea�to countries it dislikes “and only allowing ships from countries it does like��e.g., China �“to safely pass through.�/p>
“The Axis of the Devils is operating right in front of us,�yet our president “has made no public remarks�about it. And with the Houthis “shooting at our navy�and our navy “shooting back,�we’re “effectively at war with the Houthis and Iran.�/p>
Unfortunately, “some parts of our government just don’t want to acknowledge it.�/p>
From the right: Conservative Parents, Happier Kids
a recent Gallup study: “Children of very conservative parents have much better mental health outcomes than the children of liberals.�nbsp;
Its main finding is that “specific parenting practices�yield “better mental health outcomes for adolescents. Children respond the best to parents who are warm and affectionate but also set boundaries and discipline their children when necessary.�
And it found that “conservative parents are more likely to adopt the warm, authoritative parenting style and thus have stronger relationships with their children.�
Liberals lean to a “permissive parenting style, which is associated with . . . poorer mental health outcomes for the child.�/p>
Libertarian: Media’s Ludicrous Defense of Gay
“In some corners of the media,�Claudine Gay’s plagiarism “matters much less than the reality that it was conservative writers who caught her,�nbsp;.
The Associated Press tweeted: “Harvard president’s resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism.�
Responds Soave: “Many mainstream journalists have made entire careers out of digging up speeches, books, and articles written by conservatives and checking them for plagiarism,�and “the media has never chosen to ignore a plagiarism scandal or write it off as trivial or unfair, merely because the accuser has a political agenda.�
Now “some mainstream standards-keepers have decided that the ideologies of the accusers have essentially discredited the accusations.�/p>
Eye on Harvard: Bill Ackman’s Awakening
Interviewed by The Wall Street Journal’s Tunku Varadarajan, hedge-funder his Oct. 8 awakening to the rot at the alma mater he’s given $50 million: A day after Hamas�mass atrocities, he “saw students supporting terrorists �Harvard students, no less.�
Then 34 student groups “come out to say that Israel is solely responsible for the most heinous acts we’ve seen in modern history.�
This was why he pushed to oust the school’s president: “Had Claudine Gay had a perfect academic record, she’d still be a failed leader at Harvard� Look at “how she led the institution, how she let antisemitism erupt on campus; how she responded to the 34 student groups; the lack of free speech on campus, the campus culture, the speech codes . . . the DEI department.�nbsp;
The DEI movement is “not about true diversity, equity and inclusion.�
And “my business interests and my patriotic interests are perfectly aligned,�since “we have $18 billion invested for the long term in our country’s best companies.�/p>
NY beat: Albany’s Alt-Energy End-Run
Wind-power developer Equinor’s claim to be pulling “the plug on its Empire Wind 2 (EW2) offshore wind project�is mostly “theater, because Equinor looks poised to squeeze even more money from ratepayers,�nbsp;.
The Public Service Commission nixed Equinor’s demands for more subsidies as “not in the best interest of the State’s ratepayers��yet then, Girardin flags, “NYSERDA, the state energy agency which negotiates and dispenses subsidies, endorsed the demands for higher payments.
And NYSERDA now appears to be end-running the PSC to make them happen,�with “a plan for new ‘expedited�subsidy opportunities seemingly tailored for existing solar or wind projects that had been denied extra funding.�
So much for “ensuring affordability and reliability for electricity customers.�/p>
�Compiled by The Post Editorial Board