To demand that universities take an institutional stand on issues of the day is to misunderstand their role.

By Eliot A. Cohen

This year, the protests have taken an uglier turn, as encampments have sprouted up. The demonstrators—most of them students, many not, often masked—are calling for divestment by their universities from companies based in or doing business with Israel. Some of the protesters see this goal as an interim step toward the destruction of the state of Israel.

Incredibly cowardly opening paragraph

Ctrl+f “genocide” 0/0 results thonk hmmmmm

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    2 months ago

    Keep publishing condescending editorials from clueless gerontocrats, news media, I’m sure that’ll start arresting your freefall any day now.