Ari Blaff

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Jul 16, 2016, 12:31 AM

The War on Ideas

There is a double-standard in the level of scrutiny ideas receive these days. Depending on your political affiliation in America, academia’s conduct towards you will vary dramatically. While membership in one party accrues applauds, professing fealty to the other...

Mar 6, 2016, 8:14 PM

Anti-Israel’s Annual Pilgrimage & A How-To Response

As the waft of anti-Israel rhetoric makes its annual pilgrimage to university campuses, we return, once again, to this season of discontent. Given that many students may be overcome by the vitriol to engage the movement or may lack...

Jan 22, 2016, 7:34 PM

The Other Inconvenient Truth

We live in an age of environmental degradation and climate change. More than 70% of Americans supported the statement the country “should do whatever it takes to protect the environment,” yet again we see that when idealism meets reality...

Jan 2, 2016, 9:18 AM

Who Are Terrorists?

The debate on terrorism is often dominated by polarities. Within the American ideological landscape there are two prevailing views. This binary is composed of - loosely-speaking - a liberal perspective, which asserts that terrorism stems from unemployment, lack of...

Oct 15, 2015, 2:23 AM

The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth

As shouts of “intifada, intifada” echo through the campus grounds of UC Berkeley, we ought to take a moment to think about how we came to this juncture. The nauseating casualty list and the conversion of Jerusalem into a...

Sep 18, 2015, 11:00 PM

One Size Fits All

The universal counsel every bright-eyed freshman student hears upon beginning their post-secondary lives is that it is a time of change and growth; even -- dare I say -- of new perspectives. Universities are sold to us as places...

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About Me

Ari is a Masters of Global Affairs student at the University of Toronto's Munk School. Previously, he received an MA in History from Western University. As well, he blogs for The Jerusalem Post.