Barnard Prez’s NYT Op-Ed Is Height of Hypocrisy

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Barnard College president Laura Rosenbury’s op-ed in the New York Times (9/17/25) about free speech on campus might be a fitting contemporary version of this old joke. In print, her piece was headlined, “Barnard President: Charlie Kirk Challenged College Students. Obviously, the unsaid message of her piece is that there is a “Palestine exception” to free speech and academic freedom. He died debating.” Look, the fact that he was murdered doesn’t change the fact that he also…was an opponent of free speech. ACTION ALERT: You can send a message to the New York Times at letters@nytimes.com or via Bluesky: @NYTimes.com.