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Protecting Jews at Columbia

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:15:25 +0000

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 […]

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Will democracy be restored after Bangladesh’s autocratic leader ousted?

Syndicated Columnist — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 03:00:00 +0000

by Elizabeth Shackelford Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was once a sign of democratic hope and prosperity for Bangladesh, but with time and power, she turned autocratic. Her efforts to entrench […]

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Get ready bosses — today’s protesters are tomorrow’s workers

Syndicated Columnist — Tue, 21 May 2024 03:02:00 +0000

by Beth Kowitt Corporate America would very much like its employees to be quiet now. Executives have had enough of the bring-your-whole-self-to-work and speak-up-at-the-office grand experiment of the pandemic era. […]

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Will Columbia pro-Palestine protesters achieve their goals?

Syndicated Columnist — Fri, 03 May 2024 03:02:00 +0000

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, […]

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Lessons from other campus protests

Cal Thomas — Wed, 01 May 2024 03:00:00 +0000

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 […]

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Those campus rallies aren’t justpro-Palestinian. They’re anti-colonial

Syndicated Columnist — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 03:02:00 +0000

by LZ Granderson Abe Baker-Butler, a junior at Yale University, was working on an essay in the library on Oct. 7 when his phone began buzzing and wouldn’t stop. Israel […]

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Sept. 10 letters to the editor

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 03:04:00 +0000

‘The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on’ I am the widow of a professor emeritus of the former Department of Foreign Languages at West Virginia University. As I’ve been […]

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Potential abolition of morality police is not freedom

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 04:04:00 +0000

Add to the chaotic nature of street protests and heavy-handed government response that have overtaken Iran is the confusion now over if the country will be rid of its oppressive […]

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Need another hero like the man from Tiananmen Square

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 04:04:00 +0000

History will never forget a Chinese man who stood alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square. It was June 5, 1989, and the world was watching. The […]

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It’s a perilous moment for our rights

Syndicated Columnist — Mon, 23 May 2022 03:03:00 +0000

by Robin Abcarian Last week, I got an earful from readers who were angry that I defended peaceful protests at the homes of three conservative Supreme Court justices, who with […]

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