With the possibility of disciplinary action being taken against a University student for posting an original cartoon of Muhammad on his door, the international cartoon controversy has come to our door. Many suggest, including Rahaf Kalaaji in the Maroon (“The Cartoons of Muhammad Are Only Racist Islamophobia,” 2/16/06), that the problem is one of racism,...

When I first heard about The Vagina Monologues several years ago, I had little desire to see it. I’ve never been particularly interested in vaginas or monologues. Recently, however, I witnessed its debut at Oxford. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised. The play was certainly interesting and often genuinely heartrending—like the monologue of a woman raped...

I appreciate Mr. Wagner’s concerns; let me take this opportunity to clarify some points. One could not get away with overt racism or sexism in the same circles detailed in my article (the Larry Summers debacle serving as a cautionary tale to anyone tempted to say, well, anything). Why, then, is anti-Semitism still OK? Why...

Reports of a rise in anti-Semitic acts in Western Europe—the firebombing of schools, the desecration of cemeteries and synagogues, hate mail, and phone threats—only reinforce what many already suspected: Anti-Semitism is alive and well and living in Paris. And London, apparently. And Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid…and Oxford, too, to my shock and chagrin. Even before I...