$4 Billion Looking Farther and Farther Away

Man, this stuff writes itself. Last week I posted about how Lee Bollinger, Columbia University's President, is trying to raise $4 billion and yet the busy bees that inhabit his silly hive of jejune radicalism seem to be thwarting him, albeit indirectly, with their antics. Here is the latest. In the absence of the fundraising campaign I honestly doubt Bollinger would make even a watered down defense of Gilchrist's free speech, but I suppose that since Bollinger is now seriously looking for money, he'll make a statement endorsing everyone's right to have their viewpoint heard. But he won't do anything about it, he won't make Columbia a place where opposing viewpoints are possible let alone accepted. Bollinger is as much a prisoner to the radical faculty and university community as Larry Summers was and you can bet that Bollinger isn't going to place his head anywhere near the chopping block after seeing what happened to Summers.