Say what you will about other vaccines, but I have come to realize that I have been successfully vaccinated against anti-Semitism. Who administered it? It was MSNBC, the New York Times, CNN, and the Washington Post. It was the BBC and the…

It’s sad to say it, but hardcore antisemitism is erupting across America. From college campuses to one or another city, one of the most blatant, and oldest, forms of bigotry is flooding the news. But, as it’s also sad to…

Immediately following the brutal Hamas attack on Israel that killed over 1,000 Israeli citizens, students across the country released anti-Israel statements and organized protests. Earlier this week, high school students in Texas held a “walk out“ in support of Palestine,…

For less than 24 hours, Columbia Law School’s website said it would require applicants to submit a video of themselves — then, it deleted that requirement. The policy appeared on the website Monday morning before the school removed it that…

As some of you know, I had a famous father, the economist, wit, and writer, Herbert Stein. I write about him a great deal, especially in these inflationary times, I write about his epigram: “If something cannot go on forever,…

Former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton will become a professor of global politics and policy this fall at Columbia University.  The Ivy League university’s president, Lee Bollinger, announced today that Clinton will be a professor of practice…

The Columbia University Center for Justice titled the obituary of its cofounder “Kathy Boudin: A Great Life and a Great Loss.” Not until paragraph three does the reader, after first learning of “her lifelong work as an activist, organizer, teacher,…