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youtube.com/watch?v=hymaQWjB… Pardon my protracted absence. The New Year got off to a very hectic start, and I've been slammed. Not as slammed, perhaps, as Dr. Verma here, under the gentle inquiry of Senator Hawley, who had the audacity to ask the good doctor a real brain teaser earlier today - "Can men get pregnant?" That was the question. A simple ‘yes or no’ query that Dr. Verma refused to answer. It’s remarkable to watch, not because of her rhetorical position, but because of her position in the medical community. Dr. Verma is an OBGYN - a licensed medical doctor whose expertise is rooted in human reproduction and human biology. By her own admission, she’s “a person of science,” who refuses to say that men can't get pregnant. It was hard to watch this unfold and not be reminded of another Senate hearing in 2022, when Judge Ketanji Brown told Senator Blackburn, under oath, that she could not define the word “woman,” because she “wasn’t a biologist.” I remember thinking at the time that the Senate couldn’t possibly confirm a nominee who couldn’t define a woman. It would be an affront to common sense. Besides, since when do you have to be a biologist to answer such a basic question? But of course, they did. The Senate confirmed Justice Brown, and millions of people despaired, even as millions of others celebrated. And now, four years later, we’re still at it. Some are celebrating Dr. Verma’s refusal to answer the Senator's question. But most people, I’ll wager, are wondering if the State Medical Boards in Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, and wherever else Dr. Verma is licensed to practice medicine, will let her continue to do so? Because, unlike the Justice Brown, Dr. Verma IS a biologist! She appeared in that capacity as an EXPERT! What excuse could she possibly have for failing to answer a question that's rooted in...biology? Honest question - can a doctor can have their medical license suspended for saying something incredibly stupid? I have no idea, so I asked ChatGPT that very question, and the AI told me this. “A medical license can be suspended or revoked if a physician's speech is considered unprofessional conduct, gross negligence, a direct risk to public safety, or constitutes the spread of misinformation in a professional capacity.” If the inability to answer the question, “Can men get pregnant,” doesn’t qualify, what does? A lot of people are very quick these days to criticize anyone who doesn’t defer to the experts. But what are we to say to people who don’t trust the medical authorities on vaccines, or doubt the data behind climate catastrophism, when a licensed OBGYN can’t confirm or deny under oath that men can’t have babies? If a professor of geology with a PhD at a major university told his students the world was flat, should there be a consequence? If a licensed mechanic tells his customer there's no need to change the oil, should there be a consequence? If a lawyer tells his client to lie under oath, should he be disbarred? If there is no consequence to a licensed OBGYN refusing to clarify basic biology before the US Senate, on national TV, under oath, than how can the scientific/medical community ever expect to win back our trust? PS. Because everything old is new again...youtube.com/watch?v=Dgp9MPLE…

Like most good opinion pieces, this one is filled with facts. It lists, clearly and distinctly, a few undeniable truths about why higher education in this country is in the grip of a PR disaster, and how the problems plaguing our university system have all been completely self-inflicted. As always, it's gratifying to see the headlines confirm what mikeroweWORKS has been predicting for the last sixteen years, and even more encouraging to see that many in Gen Z have gotten the memo. Toward that end, we'll be honored to announce another $2 million in scholarships to this years recipients in the next few weeks. Stay tuned. nypost.com/2024/06/10/opinio…

For a guy who runs a foundation that sends young people to trade schools all over America – trade schools where I’m pleased to report, no one is calling for the extermination of Jews – today’s headlines are once again offering another excellent reason to consider redirecting whatever financial support you might earmark for the Ivy League, to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. Why? Because the Ivy League has truly lost its mind. Consider the latest madness at Columbia University, where the president, Minochuhe Shafik, has announced a new round of remote learning - effective immediately - in response to a noisy rabble of thugs and bullies calling for the eradication of Israel. If I had a kid at Columbia, I’d be livid. It’s simply mind-boggling that the president of this university would rather consign her students to another crucible of remote learning, than permanently expel the protesters. I mean, seriously, what does it take to get expelled from Columbia? These creeps are on camera, literally screaming into the faces of Jewish students. “They yelled at us to go back to Poland, said we have no culture, and chanted, ‘Strike, strike Tel Aviv,” said one terrified student. Followed by, “Burn Tel Aviv to the ground,” “Go Hamas, we love you, we support your rockets, too.” In a now-infamous image, one demonstrator appeared before a group of counter-protesters holding Israeli and American flags with a sign pointing in their direction that read, “Al-Qasam’s next targets.” That’s what you get for $68,000 a year at Columbia – an administration who cowers in the face of thugs and bullies, and a university president who would rather make your kids try to learn off campus, than take a truly hard line with those students calling for the murder of Jews. For the love of God, expel them. Calling for murder is not protected speech. In the meantime, mikeroweWORKS is accepting applications for our next round of work ethic scholarships. Deadline is the end of the month. It’s worth noting that the careers we’re training people for cannot be taught, or preformed, remotely. It’s also worth mentioning that we accept donations year-round and spend the money we take in with great discretion. You can apply for a scholarship, or donate, at mikeroweWORKS.org. nationalreview.com/news/colu…?