Jimmy Carter spoke at Brandeis today

Former President Carter came and spoke today at Brandeis, giving a much-hyped speech about his new much-hyped book. His book is about the Arab-Israeli conflict and is seen by many as being decidedly anti-Israeli. I thought up a witty headline to sum up the matter: "Carter Takes Unorthodox View of Arab-Israeli Conflict." Tickets to the speech took hours to get and the line to get in was long as well. They had metal detectors and x-rays. You weren't even allowed to have a cell phone with you. His speech was actually pretty good although I agree with some people who said that parts of his speech were playing to the Brandeis crowd. I felt his introduction was particularly defensive and also brought up all of his achievements to win people over. He made some good points in favor of the Palestinians and fielded questions very well though. After Carter spoke, Professor Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School gave a sort of rebuttal, which I didn't stay for. The whole event was streamed to multiple locations on campus and some news crews from major stations were there. I'll bet you can find the speech, or at least clips online if you're interested.