So Anthony Maschek is a student at Columbia University - where he's studying economics.
But he's also a veteran of the Iraq War.
He was recently awarded a Purple Heart, after being shot 11 times in Iraq. He spent two years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and still has to get around in a wheelchair.
He sounds like a pretty amazing guy - someone you'd want to buy a beer or two, given the chance.
Unless, of course, you might be a student at Columbia.
See, Maschek was speaking during a meeting last week at the school, on the topic of getting the ROTC program back on campus. While trying to explain the need for a strong military, he was shouted at, laughed at and called a racist.
It was like he was facing a poltergeist made up of Huffington Post bloggers.
Yeah, some Columbia students suck.
But, look - the fact that they disrespected the soldier only underlines how silly they are. And more important, their behavior serves to remind us that this crap still goes on.
Fact is, we live in a culture where reality TV trumps reality, patriotism seems quaint, and no-talent teeny boppers gain more respect and adulation than our boys at war. We got kids who think Justin Bieber is hipper than soldiers.
That bugs me.
Anyway, I hope their stupidity, heard by many, prevents them from ever getting a job or having sex with people who bathe.
That'll only leave them with one option - working at Columbia.
