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Claudine Gay’s Implosive New York Times Op-ed

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Then-Harvard University president Claudine Gay attends a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 5, 2023.

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Chutzpah, gall, cojones — Claudine Gay, in writing “What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me” for the New York Times opinion pages, has surpassed any singular description of audacity. (And I apologize to Ms. Gay for the use of “chutzpah,” a Yiddish term I have no doubt she’d find offensive in its use to describe her disposition.)

Gay begins her apologia:

Luther Ray Abel

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Luther Ray Abel

Luther Ray Abel is an Associate Editor for National Review. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Luther is a proud native of Sheboygan, Wis.

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