Columbia's disgrace, part 7
Glenn Hubbard is Dean and Russell L. Carlson Professor of Finance at the Columbia Business School. He is also a rare voice of sanity among the powers-that-be at Columbia. He has sent an email message to business school students and colleagues that includes the following paragraph:
The Universityıs decision to invite Mr. Ahmadinejad to speak on campus and to engage in a dialogue with our students and faculty has polarized our community. Some would argue that a University should be a place of intellectual freedom and open debate, but others including me argue that Mr. Ahmadinejad, who is responsible for the death of American soldiers, denies the Holocaust, and calls for the destruction of Israel, has proven himself incapable of engaging in a true and honest academic discussion.This is the least that can be said about Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia, but all honor to Dean Hubbard for having the coolness and perspicacity to say it.
