The sounds of silence coming from the White House in the midst of a national debate over student encampments and the legitimacy of protest are deafening. It’s a messy debate for sure, but one that the president should join immediately as well as declare his support for a permanent ceasefire. A President should lead in moments of conflict and crisis.

Hanging on the belief that Netanyahu and the IDF will invade Rafa in a “measured way” is worse than self deception. It is to become an accessory to a crime.

Watching Morning Joe. It’s coverage of the protesting students at Columbia and elsewhere is awful. So one sided. So distorted. So dishonest. So sanctimonious. The worst is Joe Scarborough. And close behind him — maybe ahead — is Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.