To the Editor:
I am writing to fan the flames of
the inferno ignited by the recent
university-sponsored appearance
and lecture by polemicist and
“academic” Ward Churchill.
Churchill is the latest in a
series of left-wing and otherwise
bizarre speakers and guests that
the university has hosted at the
students’ expense. This is nothing
new; last spring the university
shelled out big bucks to bring
socialist Elaine Brown, as well
as the raunchy “Sex Workers
Art Show” performers, neither
of which I would classify as
“conservative.”
When will the hoity-toity
university elites, who are so keen
to stay mum on this issue (and
whom, I am sure, are reading this
letter), step forward and explain
why they feel that academic
freedom applies to only them
and not everyone else? And when
will the university see fit to bring
a qualified, competent conservative
or libertarian thinker on
campus? Syndicated columnist
Deroy Murdock and MSNBC
commentator Pat Buchanan come
to mind almost immediately.
But no, the university will
instead invite someone in the
form of Howard Zinn or perhaps
Rosie O’Donnell. Maybe she
could convince us that 9/11 was
an inside job.