The True Danger of the Chaos at Columbia and Other Elite Universities

The mob mentality that has turned free speech into a free-for-all at Columbia University and other colleges is telegraphing a message far beyond any single campus and well beyond the United States.

It is telling America's enemies that we have lost the ability to distinguish between good and evil—and this is a message that threatens the safety of every Western democracy.

Terror groups are watching scores of young Americans willingly serve as their useful idiots. The students setting up "Liberation Zones" and "Gaza Solidarity Encampments" are not only showing their disdain for...