University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill resigned last weekend, but the controversy over campus antisemitism is far from over. As Guy Ciarrocchi explained this week, the problem is not with Magill but with the whole rotten edifice of elite universities across the country. “Magill didn’t misrepresent Penn’s values,” he writes, “she stated them loudly, clearly, and repeatedly.” And that’s the problem.

Another symptom of our society’s ills is the wave of crime that is still sweeping the nation’s cities, even if it has receded slightly from its 2020 heights. Criag Snyder wrote for us about the senseless murder of a security guard at Macy’s (né Wanamaker’s) this month and how a society that too often justifies criminality as “resistance against an unjust society” invites tragedies like this one to occur.

And finally this week, a deep dive into the November election data by Liv DeMarco and Beth Ann Rosica shows that some local election results may offer a path forward for suburban Republicans — a hopeful note amid a generally dismal year for the GOP in local races.