Today, Columbia rolls out the red carpet for an America-hating Holocaust denier:

Despite scathing condemnation from national and city politicians, Columbia University has resisted pressure to cancel an appearance by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on the New York City campus on Monday, ABC News reported. “Iran is an important country. And like it or not, we are going to have to deal with it,” John Coatsworth, dean of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, said on the network program Good Morning America Weekend Edition. “We are not giving him a platform. He has plenty of platforms.”

If he’s not getting a platform, then what is he getting? And if he has so many platforms, then why does Columbia feel a need to give him anything?

Lots of additional commentary, going back to Friday, at The Corner.