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Where Are the Protests?

The strange decline of pro-Palestinian activism.
Nick Catoggio /
On The Anniversary Of The Hamas Attack On Israel USC Students Walk Out In Support Of Palestinians
On the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, University of Southern California students walk out of class and march in support of Palestinians and the divest movement on October 7, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

An annoying occupational hazard of punditry is stumbling across a news story that perfectly supports the thesis of your column … after you’ve already published it.

Maybe “annoying” is too much. It’s gratifying to see one’s opinion vindicated by events! When the New York Times drops this six days after I wrote this, I feel like Dispatch subscribers are getting their money’s worth.

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.

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