On the menu today: No, the news is not in reruns; pro-Palestinian students (and perhaps non-students) at Columbia University in New York City took over part of the school library and declared it a “Liberated Zone.” After a few hours, the school authorities had enough and called in the cops.
Authorities Step In with a ‘Plan Columbia,’ not ‘Plan Colombia’
(If you understand that headline, you’re getting older.)
You would think everyone involved with Columbia University would want to be on their best behavior for a little while, avoid any violent clashes, and restore public confidence in the institution and the good judgment of the students who attend the school. After all, the Trump administration is full of people who have nothing but contempt for the place, the federal government already threatened to pull $400 million in research grants and other federally administered dispensations, and the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating antisemitic agitation on campus ...
