Thomas Jones

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Talking About Hate on College Campuses

The New York Times recently published a Guest Essay “What Is Happening on College Campuses Is Not free Speech” (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/opinion/antisemitism-jews-campus.html).…
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“IN STARK AND COMPELLING PROSE, Thomas W. Jones tells his story as a campus revolutionary who led an armed revolt at Cornell University in 1969 and then altered his course over the next fifty years to become a powerful leader in the financial industry including high-level positions […] From Willard Straight to Wall Street reveals one of the most interesting American stories of the last fifty years.”
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