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Harvard—Out the Frying Pan Into the Fire

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Harvard—Out the Frying Pan Into the Fire — Harvard University President Claudine Gay testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2023. Gay resigned Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Victor Davis Hanson

1/5/2024|Updated: 1/8/2024

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Harvard may assume the forced resignation of its president, Claudine Gay, has finally ended its month-long scandal over her tenure.

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Victor Davis Hanson

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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”