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Trump is in a good mood. What’s up?

Columbia University

Happy warrior

Trump is in a good mood. What’s up?

While he couldn’t help but rub in the terms of the Columbia settlement, Trump also had some positive reflections to share

Kate Andrews

The real scandal of Zohran Mamdani’s college application

The hacked data – that set off a firestorm at The New York Times – revealed colleges are still discriminating by race

Gage Klipper

Mamdani’s strategically claimed blackness

When it might have given him a leg up at Columbia, he checked the ‘black’ box

David Sypher Jr.

Posting your way through World War Three

Plus: Did the tanks damage Constitution Ave?

Cockburn

College

Trump takes a hammer to the universities

And there are plenty more tools he can use

Charles Lipson

Law
April 18, 2025
Luigi Mangione and the left’s warped choice of heroes
The Trump ‘resistance’ seems determined to lose
Neal Pollack
Media
April 15, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil is not the victimized cuddlebear the media would have you believe
He’s a dangerous person with clear ideological and political ties to the intifada that Hamas declared on October 7
Neal Pollack
Education
April 14, 2025
How to deal with the student mob
The line between free speech and violence is clear
Charles Lipson
Cockburn’s Diary
March 25, 2025
Sad: DC only joint-second in national excessive drinking
Plus: Hegseth defended by former Fox cohost
Cockburn
Education
March 12, 2025
Are thought crimes now a deportable offense?
No charges have been filed against Mahmoud Khalil — and the administration hasn’t elaborated on how he is ‘aligned’ to Hamas or what exactly he’s done to deserve deportation
Dave Seminara
Education
March 10, 2025
Columbia exemplifies the failure of universities
Ideological zealotry and rampant antisemitism are allowed to flourish
Charles Lipson
Education
January 30, 2025
What’s the matter with Columbia?
Tensions reached a fever pitch on Wednesday when President Trump signed an executive order to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses
Eleanor Harmsworth
DC Diary
September 4, 2024
Do polls really matter after Labor Day?
Plus: Biden warns Russia is trying to influence the election
The Spectator
Education
August 16, 2024
Minouche Shafik and the great tragicomedy of Diversity in our time
Diversity has long been the enemy of academic excellence
Peter W. Wood
Education
August 16, 2024
Is Columbia’s loss the UK Foreign Office’s gain?
In her resignation email, Minouche Shafik said that she has a new role working for foreign secretary David Lammy
Jawad Iqbal

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