I have two suggestions for responses to the Columbia attack.

1. Make the prosecution of the thugs an issue in the NY Attorney General campaign. The websites of the major party candidates are
http://jeaninepirro.com/ and http://www.andrewcuomo.com/home.asp

2. File civil suits against the thugs, their organization, and Columbia University. This could only be done by those actually harmed by the thugs such as the sponsors of the speech, the Minutemen, the speakers, and anyone in the audience who was denied the opportunity to attend. Civil disclosure would turn up a lot of interesting facts about the thugs, their connections, and their motives. This could be done under both state and Federal law ( see http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/s...5----000-.html ). I hope the Columbia Young Republicans can get some sympathetic NY lawyers to help.