These University Presidents Aren’t Leaders—They’re Lackeys

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Richard (RJ) Eskow is a journalist who has written for a number of major publications. His weekly program, The Zero Hour, can be found on cable television, radio, Spotify, and podcast media.

“The dog-star rages,” wrote the poet Alexander Pope. “All Bedlam , or Parnassus , is let out.”Madness, inspiration ... we know which is which on American campuses. Protesting students, inspired by clear-eyed visions of justice, are being assaulted by the lunatic engines of violence. It is as clear a contrast of life against death as we’ve seen in living memory.

House Republicans immediately took credit for cracking down on what the committee’s chairman falsely and maliciously called “radical, antisemitic, and unlawful protestors.” The politicians snapped their fingers, and campus and city officials—both of whom had been entrusted with the care and protection of their student/citizens—jumped.Bipartisanship is BackBut it would be a mistake to think that either the lies or the attacks are instigated solely by Republicans.

 

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