Shots in the Dark
Monday, 26 November
Harvard and the Spanish Inquisition
by InsideHigherEd reports that a Dartmouth trustee, Todd J. Zywicki, has given a speech in which he attacks the culture of higher education and, more specifically, Harvard.
Those who control the university today, they don’t believe in God and they don’t believe in country,” he continues. “The university is their cathedrals…their entire being. Both those who fund it and those who teach within it are tied up in the university.”
[Blogger: The university is their cathedrals?]
Commenting on campus culture as a whole, Zywicki told the audience, “We have the Spanish Inquisition, and you can ask Larry Summers whether or not the Spanish Inquisition lives on academic campuses today.”
The Spanish Inquisition? Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
I know I should take conservatives more seriously about such things, but they're so over-the-top and ill-informed. Problem is, they are enormously good about getting the message out on such things; their sense of grievance is powerful. But, my gosh, they sound so unhappy.
In any case...speaking of Larry Summers, anyone know how that book of his is coming along?
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