An editorial in The New York Times today offers an analysis of the recent headlines on Academic Freedom:
It’s a fact, documented by two recent studies, that registered Republicans and self-proclaimed conservatives make up only a small minority of professors at elite universities. But what should we conclude from that?
The push for an Academic Bill of Rights is also mentioned.
The apparent collection bias of libraries was covered previously.
The Dogmatic Mr. Krugman
Apparently we are supposed to conclude that all Republicans are religous fanatics. Or something.
What’s interesting to me is that I can’t think of anyone who maintains more strictly dogmatic views than the good Professor.
Re:The Dogmatic Mr. Krugman
Jonah Goldberg responds over at NRO.
Re:The Dogmatic Mr. Krugman
That would be a misperception. It is simply that the Republican Party trends toward conservatism, and relgious fanatics tend to be ultra-conservative. Unfortunately, this situation has been exacerbated since about the mid-1970s when the ultra-right relgious mob highjacked the U.S. Republican Party.
I opt to err on the side of caution, myself, and I hold them all in contempt; left- or right-wing.
Astronauts never really landed on the moon.
Creationism is not the only thing the bill might force into classrooms. Other topics mentioned in the ongoing debate include the idea that the Holocaust never happened,the Earth is flat and the U.S. Astronauts never really landed on the moon.
The bill comes from a template provided by David Horowitz, a noted conservative columnist who backs the Students for Academic Freedom.
Re:Astronauts never really landed on the moon.
I’m saddened, but hardly surprised with this response from the professor. Here is the actual
bill less the propaganda.
Perhaps a reading stripped of fear mongering will elicit support, maybe even from Dr. McCook, for those truly committed to truth in teaching and higher ed. Marxists that deny the Holocaust?
Nat Hentoff uses the word apartheid (Apartheid for Conservatives on College Campuses; Free Inquiry Feb/Mar 2005). Many who support this bill would agree.