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KC Johnson vs. the commonplace campus radical–One good rush to judgment deserves another

In this post and the one before I’m looking at a couple of recent episodes in KC Johnson’s ongoing crusade against left-wing extremists in academia. Last time I wrote about his attempt to pursue two narrow agendas at once. One, the academic-culture crusade, he pursues with the usual rhetoric and agenda-driven reasoning while the other […]

Also tagged culture war, Duke lacrosse case, KC Johnson, Rashid Khalidi, tribalism
2008 11 29 Academia
Duke Lacrosse Case
Duke University Comments (4)

Duke’s perfect storm–too much bullshit, too few bullshit detectors

I 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, potbangers, Wahneema Lubiano
2008 08 04 Duke Lacrosse Case
Duke University
Teaching Comments (59)

Professors debating badly

A few weeks ago I wrote about Tim Tyson’s answers to a reporter’s questions about the lacrosse case, and about KC Johnson’s response (the interview with Tyson, originally on a News & Observer blog, made it into print a few days later). Among other things I was disappointed that Tyson wasn’t willing to think more […]

Also tagged Duke lacrosse, Duke University, KC Johnson
2008 06 16 Duke Lacrosse Case
Duke University Comments (7)

There can be only one story

It’s interesting to see how bits of news reverberate through the blogosphere. Thanks to some saved searches in my Google reader, I’ve seen a number of lacrosse-case stories make the rounds. The bigger ones have generated some lasting buzz—the motion from Duke’s side to shut down the Duke Lawsuit website, the surreal news the accuser, […]

Also tagged Duke lacrosse, Duke University, KC Johnson
2008 05 27 Duke Lacrosse Case
Duke University Comments (6)