Attacks on the pillars of civil society are chilling speech. But American democracy was built on criticism<\/p>\n
I was talking recently to a friend who\u2019s a professor at Columbia University about what\u2019s been happening there. He had a lot to say.<\/p>\n
When he needed to run off to an appointment, I asked him if he\u2019d text or email me the rest of his thoughts.<\/p>\n
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