Free speech at
Retrieved from “The Daily Judge” on Friday, May 16, 2008
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Forty years ago Gus Reichbach, a
An NYT reporter was interviewing him when a campus cop came up and shut down the interview because the reporter hadn't gotten advance permission.
"I guess things haven't changed that much," the reporter quotes the judge as saying.
Corey Kilgannon, Columbia Protester, Now a Judge, Returns to Campus (NYT 04.26.2008).
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20070925 Text of President Ahmadinejad’s speech at Columbia
September 26, 2007 The Priceless Right to Free Speech Kevin E. Dayhoff
It has certainly been an interesting week for the exercise of our sacred right to freedom of speech in the
Certainly at the top of most anyone's kerfuffle was the arrival of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in
As much as I am concerned, to say the least, about what it is that the Iranian president says, my problem is more with Columbia University's persistent inconsistencies about the sacred right to free speech.
The esteemed institution piously, self-righteously, if not - condescendingly - proclaims to be the standard-bearer for a "long-standing tradition of serving as a major forum for robust debate," according to
Oh, pul-leeze! Columbia University extended an invitation to President Ahmadinejad, who many believe represents a country involved in the killing of Americans in uniform fighting in
And that is just one example of the hypocrisy of the institution. Wouldn't it be wonderful if
Many are singing praises for Columbia President Bollinger for his stinging rebuke in the introduction of his guest. Then again, there are those of us who understand the paradox of President Bollinger's heroic Shakespearian soliloquy as a convenient - if not hypocritical - response to a conundrum he synthetically manufactured.
Read the rest here: The Priceless Right to Free Speech or here: 20070926 The Tentacle: The Priceless Right to Free Speech by Kevin E. Dayhoff
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