There seems to be a difference of opinion over the cause for visiting professor Tom Paulin’s departure from Columbia. Harvard has taken most of the heat for its invitation to Mr. Paulin to speak-the invitation that was first withdrawn, then reissued in the wake of Mr. Paulin’s widely publicized remarks to Al-Ahram (the Egyptian weekly), Read More
With so much attention focused on conflict abroad and security at home, it’s not surprising that most news outlets missed an extraordinary speech by a federal official about an urgent domestic topic-the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The cost of these programs, according to the official, are expected to exceed revenues by $20 Read More
And now Le Pen. Its seems as if the mask is coming off European anti-Semitism right and left. I don’t want to say I told you so about European-specifically French-anti-Semitism (see my April 15 column on the roots of the Second Holocaust). It doesn’t afford any satisfaction to have one’s darkest imaginings confirmed. But when Read More
