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.

University administrators, as I see, couldn’t have handled the student protests any worse. Talk about heavy handed and tin ears. They would do better listening to the students than bending to the demands of some alumni and the threats of MAGA Republicans in Washington. At Columbia, the student demands are “divestment, financial transparency, and amnesty.” Why shouldn’t the administration agree with them. Or, at least, sit down and talk with and listen to the protesting students.

I have never been a 76er fan going back many decades. I remember the great clashes of Russell and the Celtics and Wilt and the 76ers, beginning in 1959. So many great Sixers players during this long era. Doc, of course, but many others as well — Hal Greer and Wally Jones, Billy Cunningham and Bobby Jones, Maurice Cheeks, World B Free and Andrew Toney, and, unforgettable, Barkley, Moses Malone, and Allan Iverson. Still, I’m sitting on my couch today rooting for the Knicks. My loyal sidekick is a nice bottle of red. Go Knicks!