Columbia 1968 and 2024

I was a student at Columbia in 1968. Today's protests look familiar, but not for the reasons you might think.

“Protest” (1943-1944), Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan (Slovak, 1898 - 1944).

I've only witnessed one pitched battle in person, and it cured me of any wish to see another. It was not a firefight, like those taking place between American and Vietnamese armies halfway around the world. It was more like the battles described in the Iliad, at that time the first…