Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

September 3, 2026

Why American Universities Produce Radicals

Our best and brightest minds have been trained to speak confidently about matters they do not understand.

Having won the Democratic primary, Darializa Avila Chevalier is expected to be the next congresswoman from her New York City district. Even among her hard-left peers in the Democratic Socialists of America, she stands out in her hatred for Israel, the U.S., and, in her own words, “Western civilization.” Shai Goldman, who was a student at Columbia University at the same time as Chevalier, asks why the university creates such extremists—and those willing to vote for them. He finds the answer in the conduct of precisely those seminars meant to foster an appreciation of the liberal arts and “critical thinking.”

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