In case you haven’t seen it yet, we recommend George Will’s Washington Post column commenting on the Kaur case — Columbia University’s effort to acquire land for expansion, using the power of eminent domain borrowed from the City of New York. His column is entitled Avaricious Developers and Government Twist the Meaning of Blight, Washington Post, January 3, 2010. Here it is:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101367.html