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Bylines

Below are links to some recent bylines by 天美传媒 President Michael S. Roth.
September 4, 2026 - The New York Times

[Students] approach the material with energetic curiosity. They always do. Why? Because they are taking the opportunity to discover who they are as readers, as conversation partners, as people. They are figuring out what kind of work they find fulfilling, what they love to do. [ ]

August 16, 2026 - The Wall Street Journal

In ‘Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War,’ Jane Rogoyska uses the [Hotel] Lutetia as a lens through which to examine how Paris went from a refuge for those fleeing fascist persecution, to a city all too willing to please a vicious occupying power, and then to the capital of a country eager to present itself as having successfully battled for its freedom.…a powerful account of some of our worst and our best moments in confronting tyrannical violence. [ ]

April 22, 2026 - The New York Times

The retreat from public purpose will not enhance trust; it will further erode it. A lack of public engagement and an air of cloistered privilege are a big part of why so many people now view universities with suspicion. Retreating further behind the gates will make a bad situation much worse. [ ]

April 5, 2026 - The Forward

Through the teaching that we were slaves in Egypt, we are meant to feel how it is to be oppressed and to consider our obligation to claim our freedoms, an essential step in developing a people. [ ]

Read older bylines here.