Mark Knows It All

Every now and then I come across an editorial that can say it better than me. This speaks for itself. Good for Mr. Barone. (No. He is not related to Ray Barone) This is reprinted from the October 8, 2007, Real Clear Politics Web Site. You can reach it by the Links section of this blog. Ivory Tower Decay By Michael Barone I am old enough to remember when America's colleges and universities seemed to be the most open-minded and intellectually rigorous institutions in our society. Today, something very much like the opposite is true: America's colleges and universities have become, and have been for some decades, the most closed-minded and intellectually dishonest institutions in our society. Colleges and universities today almost universally have speech codes, which prohibit speech deemed hurtful by others, particularly those who are deemed to be minorities (including women, who are a majority on most campuses these days). They are enforced unequally, so that no one gets p...