Incredibly ironic. The infamous "A Letter on Justice and Open Debate" that appeared in Harper's in 2020 proved that a huge, vocal cohort of the academic left ha

Incredibly ironic. The infamous "A Letter on Justice and Open Debate" that appeared in Harper's in 2020 proved that a huge, vocal cohort of the academic left had failed to learn anything from Arendt's work and were dedicated to ignoring the rise of totalitarianism in America. Now the intellectual assets of Lapham will be divided between the Arendt Center and Columbia University, the epicenter of capitulation to Trump.