If you’re interested, check out this photo from the Provincetown Banner of the arctic ice-floe that was once Cape Cod Bay. Much of it has now floated away but it was amazing while it lasted.
ANTI-SEMITISM WATCH: After Amiri Baraka’s visit, a spirited and supportive op-ed was run in the Yale Daily News. Money quote about the newspaper’s opposition to an invitation to the anti-Semitic poet:
Monday’s editorial, and the Yale Daily News in general, is a case in point. Obviously, it’s one thing to be Jewish, and wholly another to support the Israeli occupation. That said, Jews tend to sympathize with Israel more so than non-Jews. And in my three years at the Yale Daily News, Jewish students have comprised a majority of management positions (namely, editor in chief and managing editor). This year, nearly half the editors are Jewish.
Am I pointing to a secret Jewish conspiracy aimed at promoting Israel at college dailies? Of course not.
But does the prevalence of Jews in American media, business and politics help explain America’s steadfast support for Israel, whose 35-year occupation of Palestinian lands is an affront to human decency? Of course.
The Dish 