So now the House of Representatives is launching an investigation targeting colleges that do not protect students from harm. This is because of the pitiful testimony by the presidents of Penn, MIT, and Harvard about antisemitism on their campuses.

Instead of being outraged that Jewish students have to endure threats and diminishment, the three female presidents tried to tamp down dangerous rhetoric by hiding behind the First Amendment.

The revealing exposition reminded me of the Duke rape case in 2006, when a group of college lacrosse players were accused of abusing a black female. You'll remember due process was crushed as left-wing zealots convicted the student-athletes almost immediately, demanding a crackdown on male behavior everywhere.

Of course, when it was demonstrated that the charges were false, few apologies were forthcoming. Many on the left were deeply disappointed the lacrosse players were not guilty.

With the current antisemitism situation visible to all, it is amazing the three college presidents played it down. Had the antisemitism come from neo-Nazis, they certainly would not have.

But the abusers here are fanatical progressives and that makes all the difference to the college leadership, at least at these three schools.

You don't disown your own.

New column on Sunday.