Let’s not kid ourselves. Many major universities, which we once referred to as cathedrals of higher learning, have become anything but. The Ivy League schools, though, have shown an unusual penchant for being exceptionally woke. Harvard and Yale have been the front-runners for demonstrations of antisemitism and woke white supremacy claims, although when you think about the ingrained mental thought process of those who attend there, it’s not surprising.

Raising leftist zombies and then sending them off to have their subconscious delusions reinforced by liberal eggheads is what the present-day lack of real education and the force-feeding of indoctrination is all about.

On Monday, Yale University awarded an honorary degree to Ingrid Mattson, a Canadian anti-Israel activist. In a letter written in 2024, she stated that Canada should arrest leaders of the Israeli government "if any suspects arrive on Canadian territory."

In June 2025, she wrote another letter to the Canadian Prime Minister, falsely accusing Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza and calling on Canada to impose extensive sanctions on Israel. The letter also demands investigations into Canadian nonprofits as part of a campaign that demonizes and harasses Jewish summer camps employing Israeli counselors. It calls for an arms embargo against Israel at a time when the country is facing threats from Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthis terrorists committed to its destruction. Additionally, it requests the termination of the Canada-Israel trade agreement and calls for unspecified sanctions against Israeli politicians.

The letter refers to “the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, and Israel.” It calls for “sanctions against key Israeli government officials suspected of responsibility for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Defense Israel Katz, Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich.”

She calls on leftist, WEF-controlled Prime Minister Mark Carney to “withdraw from the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.” The letter demands that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police “launch investigations into allegations that Canadian citizens and organizations incorporated in and based in Canada have committed, or aided and abetted the commission of genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity in Israel or Palestine, including while serving with the Israel Defense Forces, with the specific aim of prosecuting alleged perpetrators.”

One day after that letter, Canada announced sanctions against two Israeli cabinet ministers, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.

If there was ever a sign that someone was radicalized, it’s when you learn that they have switched from Catholicism to Islam. That change is like comparing apples and bowling balls. Yet Yale’s president, Maurie McInnis, decided to whitewash that truism, calling Mattson a “bridge builder and a champion of peace.” She went on to commend her “integrity and wisdom,” and then addressed her directly, saying:

“Compassionate and powerful force for good in a troubled world, Yale wishes you a thousand blessings as it honors you with the degree of Doctor of Divinity.”

In a 2013 interview with Commonweal, a liberal Catholic journal founded in 1924, Mattson discussed her conversion but did not explain it. She described her childhood in Waterloo, Ontario, as a devout Catholic.

“I would go to church every day during Lent on my lunch break, and in Advent, I would go more. In those days, little kids were allowed to go around by themselves, so I would just go. Very often, I would go by myself to do the Stations of the Cross. I was really into it.”

She went on to describe that on a college trip to France, “she befriended a group of Muslim students from Senegal and Mauritania, she met at an outdoor concert. They were her first exposure to Islam. She followed them to West African dance clubs and listened as they discussed authors they were reading, including Frantz Fanon and his impassioned indictment of colonialism, The Wretched of the Earth. Mattson was captivated by the group’s company and conversation. ‘A lot of them spoke Arabic to each other even if that wasn’t their mother tongue.’”

How that encounter convinced her to jump from Catholicism to Islam indicates she was not as devout as she claims, and her antisemitism already existed. 

Last month, a report from the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Education opened with the following statement:

“Universities exist to preserve, create, and share knowledge,” and warned that “diffusion of purpose has contributed to distrust.” It also said, “Echo chambers do not produce the best teaching, research, or scholarship.”

That all sounds great, but it’s only lip service. Vice President JD Vance and Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas all hold degrees from Yale, yet they have not received honorary doctorates. Obviously, this is due to their conservative views and their adherence to Christianity, rather than Islam.

Yale Law School did not hang a portrait of Justice Thomas in its halls until six years after it was completed. Typically, portraits of graduates who become Supreme Court justices are displayed automatically.

The portrait was finally hung after the Free Beacon highlighted that the school had received a donation to commission it, but had not displayed it. This incident reflects a broader trend at Yale Law School, where conservative graduates receive less recognition compared to left-wing activists, who are often praised and awarded honorary degrees.

McInnis was well aware of Mattson’s stance on Israel and still called her “a bridge builder and a champion of peace.” Nothing could be further from the truth, and this proves that Yale hasn’t changed a thing.

What an embarrassment for what was once considered a foremost institution. Yale, Harvard, and all Ivy League graduates aren’t as sought after as they once were. Their degrees simply don’t carry the same level of respect as they once did. The reason is clear: although many universities have moved hard to the left, the Ivy League schools have taken a sharper turn.

They have always carried a higher prima donna aura than most schools, and their elitist attitude has not done them any favors for years. The snobbish arrogance was bad enough, but when combined with open bigotry, it draws a lot of attention, and none of it is the good kind.

The fact that Yale is giving out honorary degrees to people who have converted to Islam and who openly hate Israel, while snubbing successful Christians, is another in what has become a long line of cases where Yale has shown its true colors.

Milt Harris——Bio and Archives

Milt spent thirty years as a sales and operations manager for an international manufacturing company. He is also a four-time published author on a variety of subjects. Now, he spends most of his time researching and writing about conservative politics and liberal folly.

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