A few months ago I posted about the reactions when a Duke philosophy professor, interviewed in the campus paper, invoked a John Stuart Mill quote about stupidity and conservatives in order to explain the relative lack of conservative academics. More and more surfers have been finding that post with searches like this:
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Also tagged Barack Obama, culture war, John McCain, Politics, tribalismI wonder how many people at Duke read KC Johnson’s editorial about campus reactions to the allegations against the lacrosse team, posted on Inside Higher Ed on May 1, 2006 (probably at least one—in the comments there’s a brief clarification signed “Mark Anthony Neal”). It’s an editorial that deserved more attention than I suspect it […]
Also tagged bullshit, Duke lacrosse case, Duke University, Karla Holloway, KC Johnson, liestoppers, Mark Anthony Neal, Tim Tyson, Wahneema LubianoThis is the third in a series of posts looking at the crusades mounted on both sides of the Duke lacrosse case. The first for an introduction and overview. This post continues directly from the previous one about the potbanging protest held at the lacrosse team captains’ house soon after the rape allegation became public. […]
Also tagged Duke lacrosse, Duke University, flame wars, KC Johnson, liestoppers, Wahneema LubianoThis is the second in a series of posts looking at the crusades mounted on both sides of the Duke lacrosse case, in the hope of shedding some light on the way they’ve overshadowed meaningful debate about the incident and its aftermath. You can click back to the first post for an introduction and overview. […]
Also tagged Duke lacrosse, Duke University, flame wars, liestoppers