Hip-Hop Conquers K-PopJapan Society’s Contemporary Dance Festival offered a gender sandwich Saturday night, reflecting some of the current cultural turmoil in…6d ago6d ago
Future News: The End of PlasticLast night I had the strangest dream Clear and yet fantastic I dreamed the the world had all agreed To put an end to plastic.Jan 8Jan 8
Truth and TinselIf you want to test the authenticity of a performing artist, one place to look is the cutting room floor — in the outtakes. This is the…Dec 11, 2024Dec 11, 2024
What Would Kahane Do?Back in the Day, I worked in a New York TV newsroom where “if it bled, it led.” During the late Sixties and early Seventies, one of our…Dec 5, 2024Dec 5, 2024
The Elephant of GazaAn “elephant in the room” means a subject everyone is afraid to talk about, but which is too big and important to go away. On Manhattan’s…Sep 11, 2024Sep 11, 2024
The Israel Lobby and UsColumbia University’s Law Review was taken offline Monday after its editors published an article that said Palestinians are living under a…Jun 6, 2024Jun 6, 2024
Columbia 4: Inside AgitatorsStudent protesters were camped on a Columbia University lawn again over the weekend, after taking over a big tent set up for Columbia’s…Jun 3, 2024Jun 3, 2024
Columbia 3: The People’s GraduationMore than a thousand students, faculty, parents and guests gathered at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine today for a “People’s…May 16, 2024May 16, 2024
Columbia 2: The Moral High GroundLast night’s bust at Columbia University was the police equivalent of the Powell Doctrine in war —The application of overwhelming force to…May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Inside Columbia: The Nanny Police StateColumbia University’s experiment with a Nanny Police State — cracking down on some students in order to comfort others —didn’t last a day…Apr 23, 2024Apr 23, 2024
