Let's see...on the schedule recently at the Kennedy School of Government, we've had talks from Ban Ki Moon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea, William Kristol, editor of the influential Washington-based political magazine, The Weekly Standard, and we've got upcoming talks featuring Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States, Jack F. Kemp, Former Secretary, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Michael Ignatieff, Director Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.

And at DePaul University, we've got a talk sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine delivered by Norm Finkelstein and another, later, appearance from...Ward...Churchill.

Now I wasn't an Ivy Leaguer myself, but even I have to admit, there sure can be a drop off...