Bollinger Cancels Ahmadinejad Invitaition to Columbia

According to the NY Sun, President Lee Bollinger has rescinded Columbia's Ahmadinejad invitation:

http://www.nysun.com/article/40142?page_no=1

overruling a dean's invitation. There go academic freedom and free speech, which Bollinger claims to be his special field. No more need be said, presumably. Once again to quote Churchill: "Jaw, jaw is better than war, war."
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