Cornell’s President Misses the Point—In a Telling Way

In contrast to the drunk or drugged or immature Cornell students, the university’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, is supposed to be a sober grownup. He’s in his 70s and has been on the Cornell faculty since 2000. He was dean of Cornell’s School of Veterinary Medicine from 2007 to 2015, and was provost of the entire university from 2015 to 2024. Yet in the…