As if college acceptance based on race and ethnicity isn’t bad enough, now someone is suggesting that character and attitude should be taken into consideration too. Read more...

I am writing in response to Christine Sol, Students United for Reform and Equality candidate for the Academic Affairs Commission. In her letter, “Academic Affairs needs new leadership” (May 7), Sol states that she has “made every attempt to involve (herself)” in some of the current commission’s campaigns, but was “turned away from the current commission.” As the current academic affairs commissioner, I can speak as to why Sol has not been involved in the commission. Read more...

Steinfeld ignores “˜minor’ detail Rebecca Steinfeld’s argument in her submission, “Israeli independence also a Palestinian catastrophe” (May 9), was well presented and thought out, except for one minor detail she based her entire argument on. Yom Haatzma’ut, the Israeli Independence Day, is not a celebration of the victory of the 1948 War. It is a celebration of the creation of the state of Israel. That’s why the day remembered is May 14, 1948 ““ on the Jewish calendar it’s 5 Iyar 1948, and not July 20, 1949. Read more...

The war on terrorism has done some serious collateral damage at home ““ to our public infrastructure and livelihoods, and to our civil liberties and democracy. Read more...

Once upon a time a bored young shepherd boy decided to play a trick on his little village. He cried, “Wolf! wolf!” and the people of the town rushed to his side, ready to fight off the danger. Read more...

This week marks the 55th anniversary of two momentous historical events: the establishment of the state of Israel and the destruction of Palestinian society, together with the dispossession of the Palestinians. Read more...

Attention Jeffery Zucker, president of NBC entertainment: Can you possibly do any more damage to a network you have already destroyed? Yes, by canceling “Ed,” one of the last charming, witty and intelligent shows on television. Read more...