I was still kvelling about earning my Ivy League degree when the glow of that parchment dimmed. On Tuesday, the presidents of Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania put on a pathetic display on Capitol Hill when they were asked if calling for genocide against Jews counted as harassment. It depends, they all said. Penn’s Elizabeth Magill offered a chilling bit of legalese. “It is a context-dependent decision,” she told Republican House of Representatives member Elise Stefanik. Not since Bill Clinton was asked about having sex with Monica Lewinsky and replied, “It depends on what the...