Universities are not like other institutions — corporations, government. They don’t just have ethical boundaries, ethical codes. They are the expositors of ethics.
What a president says matters. Mr. Trump's feckless mouthings so besmirch his policies as to sap whatever plausibility they might otherwise possess.
I reiterate the maxim, whenever there is a American political super-scandal, always check in with the Clintons.
It’s depressing and painful to think that something like this could be happening in Washington.