A trip up Broadway recently showed that all was quiet at Columbia University’s main gate at 116th St. But the day before, the first day of classes on the Morningside […]
Tag: pro-Palestine
The far left won’t be badly missed
The hard-line pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime has been protesting against, of all people, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Where did the New York congresswoman and Vermont senator […]
Will Columbia pro-Palestine protesters achieve their goals?
by Stephen L. Carter I fear that the current round of campus protests is wearing out its welcome. This isn’t a conclusion I reach lightly. In my increasingly distant youth, […]
Muslim Student Association marches in support of Palestine
BY MIKE NOLTING The West Virginia University Muslim Student Association is calling for lasting peace for Palestinian people and plans additional events in the coming weeks. The group marched Sunday […]
Lessons from other campus protests
The year was 1966 and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley” and other college […]
USC valedictorian earned the right to speak. Let her
In 2022, at the University of Southern California commencement, valedictorian Adam Karelin delivered a stirring poem against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2021, valedictorian Tianna Shaw Wakeman spoke of living […]
April 21 letters to the editor
‘Terrorist’ label won’t stop mass shootings In The Dominion Post on Feb. 22, Delegate Bill Ridenour (R-Jefferson) was quoted saying: “School shooters are terrorists. That’s all they are.” At the […]
Reality check — intifada has nothing to do with genocide of Jews
by Daoud Kuttab When New York Rep. Elise Stefanik repeatedly — and now infamously — badgered three college presidents about the nuances of free speech last week, she attempted to […]
Fates of Israel, Palestinians are inextricably bound together
by Daniel Bral War and conflict are almost invariably zero-sum games. What makes war so unforgiving, even oddly unifying, is that there is a shared experience of irreparable pain, loss, […]
She condemned Palestinians and got fired. He got fired for blaming Israel
by Robin Abcarian Should Americans be punished or lose their livelihoods for things they say about a gut-wrenching conflict taking place halfway across the world? In an ideal world where […]
