Who’ll end Christian slaughter, grad schools will survive loan caps and other commentary

Foreign desk: Who’ll End Christian Slaughter?

“On Friday June 13, over 500 Christians” were murdered by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria, reports The Free Press’ Madeleine Kearns. “The jihadists broke into homes and shelters, murdering people with machetes,” then “doused their victims’ bodies and homes in petrol and set them ablaze.” And, “though exceptional in scale and barbarity,” it’s just “part of a pattern of persecution that Christians in Nigeria have come to expect.” Consider: “Since 2009, Islamists” across Nigeria “have destroyed over 18,000 churches,” “murdered over 50,000 Christians” and displaced “a further 5 million Christians.” Yet Western governments and media “have turned away from the issue.” Will anyone move to stop the carnage?

Libertarian: Grad Schools Will Survive Loan Caps

A provision in the Republican Big Beautiful Bill “may make considerable inroads to correcting a decades-long student loan policy that has driven expensive programs and large debt burdens for students,” cheers Reason’s Emma Camp. The House bill “eliminates the Graduate PLUS loan program, which allows graduate students to borrow an unlimited sum of money from the government,” instead capping grad-student borrowing at $100,000, “with a $150,000 limit for professional programs, and a lifetime cap of $200,000 for all students.” These caps could “force colleges to lower their prices once their students no longer have access to an infinite pile of government money.” Indeed, If we want more affordable medical schools, “the first step should involve actually incentivizing medical schools to stop overcharging students.”

Conservative: Dems’ NYC-led Coastal Elitism

“One interesting aspect of the rise of” socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani “is what it says about New York City’s dominance of national Democratic politics at this moment,” muses the Washington Examiner’s Byron York. “The New York contingent essentially is the leadership of the Democratic Party today,” since congressional leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer as well as stars Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders are all current or former New Yorkers. “After the 2024 election, Democratic pollster Mark Penn wrote that Trump was elected by ‘Americans who feel abandoned by the coastal elites and a Democratic Party that moved too far from mainstream America.’” “There are probably a lot of things Democrats might do to broaden their appeal beyond the coastal areas, but” elevating Mamdani “is definitely not one of them.”

Antisemitism beat: ‘Kosherizing’ Jew-Haters

Just before New York’s mayoral primary, late-night host Stephen Colbert’s guests were Zohran Mamdani and City comptroller Brad Lander, notes Commentary’s Seth Mandel. “All three were there” to “help elect Zohran Mamdani mayor.” Mamdani — “the poster child for progressive anti-Zionism’s conquest of the mainstream Democratic Party” — had defended the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which calls for violence against Jews, and “Colbert can be effective at shielding left-wing anti-Semites from criticism.” Then again, the TV host doesn’t “hold a candle in that department to Brad Lander”: Indeed, the comptroller’s “alliance with Mamdani” is the “culmination of years of Lander’s efforts to kosherize anti-Semitism.” He’s part of the story of “the collapse of New York’s Jewish-political establishment.” Sen. Chuck Schumer, who kissed “Mamdani’s ring,” is “the capstone of this project.”

From the right: Lefties’ Chronic Mental Misery

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) “said last week that Donald Trump supporters are mentally ill,” but “it’s her side that is not well,” snarks the Issues & Insights editorial board. “Nine in 10 conservatives self-report their mental health to be excellent (51%)” versus only 20% of liberals. Meanwhile, “only 19% of conservatives say their mental health is poor, while 45% of liberals say they have poor mental health.” “This is not a new development related to Trump returning to the White House. A decade ago, University of Toronto researchers similarly “found that conservatives are more emotionally stable than liberals.” “Democrats, progressives, socialists, anti-capitalists, and the rest who reside under the leftist umbrella are unhappy, and they want everyone else to be just as miserable as they are.”

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board