Kent Osband, at The Blogs

Kent Osband

Dec 29, 2023, 5:09 AM

Can Holocaust educators publicly acknowledge that Hamas wants a new Holocaust and Israel does not? I consider this an easy call, like identifying “ABC” as letters and “123” as numbers, and vitally important given the growing Holocaust inversion that...

Dec 26, 2023, 11:37 PM

Biases in the AP’s ‘Factual Reporting’

The Associated Press (AP) calls itself “an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting” and “the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news”. While I do not doubt the AP’s dedication and do not know its relative...

Dec 20, 2023, 9:24 AM

Hamas illiteracy project

After October 7, I reached out to the Alabama Holocaust Education Center (AHEC) to offer help in preparing exposés of Hamas’s explicitly genocidal aims and attempts to whitewash this by blaming Israel. AHEC responded that it had already engaged...

Dec 15, 2023, 10:40 PM

Holocaust Hollowness

I worry about the hollowing out of Holocaust remembrance. Yesterday I received a funds solicitation from the Alabama Holocaust Education Center (AHEC), to which I had donated in the past. Here is its stated rationale: Why study the Holocaust? Because...

Dec 13, 2023, 7:30 AM

A Simple Test for Harvard

As a Jewish Harvard alum, I am puzzled by President Gay’s stance on calls for genocide of Jews. On the one hand, she assured Congress three times that this could be protected speech at Harvard, depending on context. On...

About Me

Kent Osband graduated Harvard magna cum laude and received a PhD in economics from UC Berkeley. He worked for major financial institutions including the IMF, the World Bank, and Goldman Sachs, with primary focus on early warnings of major crises and recovery efforts after. He has published three books on financial risk analysis and one book on calculus for kids.