In Praise of President Christina Paxson

Brown may not be perfect right now, but it is important to give thanks where it is due.

Finally! After an exhaustive national search, a principled university president with spine and political savvy has been discovered. And nothing makes me prouder than the fact that that president belongs to my own alma mater - Brown University.

In the face of a puerile hunger strike by student protestors demanding that the University Corporation hear an…