https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/02/09/uc-irvines-free-speech-problem/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 23:29:36 -0400<![CDATA[Given the unrelenting abusive outbursts by Muslim students during Michael Oren&#8217;s speech at UCI yesterday you would think the University of California Irvine was really the University of California Jenin &#8211; only Jenin probably would have been much more hospitable to the Israeli Ambassador. The students who verbally assaulted Oren throughout his talk were as politically self-destructive as they were emotionally out of control &#8211; eleven were arrested, according to the AP &#8211; but one wonders how the UCI officials allowed this to happen once again. It wasn&#8217;t as if they had no warning. Indeed, they had plenty of it.The record is very clear.]]>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:37:34 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2010/02/09/uc-irvines-free-speech-problem-n217692