Letter from Michael Stein
Leave Harvard Alone
The Trump administration’s relentless targeting of Harvard University is a politically motivated assault on higher education, undermining academic independence and perpetuating anti-intellectualism and ignorance. This hostility reflects a broader disdain for elite education, disingenuously framed as “coastal elitism” to rally a partisan base. In truth, the “war on Harvard” isn’t about anti-Semitism—it’s about scoring cheap political points at academia’s expense.
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