For those who remember it, the chaos and disruption plaguing the campus of Columbia University are drawing parallels to a similar demonstration that occurred in April 1968. Fifty-six years ago, a group of students occupied areas and buildings on campus, including the academic building Hamilton Hall, as an act of protest against the Vietnam War […]
A POLITICAL DECISION: JOE BIDEN ENDS HIS SILENCE. In today’s political culture, we expect the president of the United States to comment on significant events. But President Joe Biden can sometimes be oddly silent, even on matters of clear national importance. In early 2023, for example, Biden let weeks go by before publicly commenting on the […]
President Joe Biden was supposed to put “the adults back in charge” on the world stage and reignite our alliances from the supposed errors of the Trump era. On that front, his tenure couldn’t be more of a disaster. On Wednesday, Biden lumped in American allies Japan and India with China and Russia, calling the […]
President Emmanuel Macron of France is a complicated U.S. ally. Macron often undermines U.S. security concerns in relation to China. Yes, a French warship joined South China Sea exercises with the United States and the Philippines last week. But Macron will now fete Xi with a state visit beginning on Sunday. For just one example […]
Some universities have handled their antisemitic encampments better than others. Brown University has thus far been a shining example of what not to do. Brown University decided to negotiate with its terrorist-sympathizing students, reaching an agreement where the students would dismantle their illegal encampment and the university would discuss and vote on divesting from Israel […]
