More on Columbia University

Here's a good overview of the anti-semitism inquiry at Columbia from Front Page Magazine. Please read the whole article.

Given the biased composition of the Ad Hoc Grievance Committee and the censorious management of the coverage of the committee it is difficult to conclude that the findings are anything but a whitewash.

The controversy surrounding Middle East studies at Columbia encompasses far more than just this field or university. Middle East studies is vitally important in our war on Islamist terror. We cannot adequately fight an enemy, when our analysts and diplomats are trained in classes to apologize for them. Many of students at Columbia today will be the policy analysts, business leaders, and statesmen of tomorrow. Moreover, while the nation’s attention is focused on Columbia, the problems are endemic in Middle East studies (Ivory Towers in the Sand). As the three hit pieces from the March 16th Nation indicate, Columbia has become the main battle in a larger conflict for accuracy, balance, and academic freedom.

When Alan Dershowitz lectured in Ottawa last autumn, he claimed that in about half the Universities in the US, there are no professors willing to support Israel publicly. Columbia is an acute issue, for sure, but only a small part of the problem