@nnHirsch Seth and I are trying harder to go out now that Hildy is a bit older. But it's a real effort and, when it's together, can be very expensive. I think this whole thing is compounded by having kids in a pandemic
Edward Said's office in Columbia was fire-bombed. He spent his life as an academic within the reach of a panic button and under a constant stream of death threats. Today, Columbia as an institution has again sided with these forces of reaction even as they capitalize on his name.