Cal Thomas: Root causes of lower learning

We are constantly told how necessary it is to find the“root causes” of everything, from crime, to illegal immigration, to the wave of antisemitism spreading across many college campuses and in our streets.

Often, this call to examine root causes is simply a distraction that avoids coming up with solutions.

Let’s not kid ourselves that the resignation of the president of the University of Pennsylvania for will stay on as interim president until a replacement is found and will also remain a tenured professor ) is going to solve anything so long as this attitude prevails among many faculty members and the boards that hire university presidents. The latest involves a medical school panel at which has defended Hamas’ “right of resistance.” It will likely not be the last as other universities confront the issue and their conduct codes.