Like most people, I still think of myself as someone from my birth state, even though I have not lived there for almost 50 years.  I was born in New Jersey, in the same hospital where my father was born so many years before me.  It is where I grew up, surrounded by grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends and neighbors. I guess it is that emotional connection that is the source of my unease over Rutgers treatment of Condoleezza Rice. Set aside, if you can, the discussion about free expression on campus or about the Iraq war. Doesn’t inviting an accomplished black woman to speak at the place where you have been living for the past four years and then seeing her feel it necessary to withdraw…bother you? And shouldn’t you “do something” about it?...(Read Full Post)