Comments on: Bush-Supporting Professor Granted Trial for Firing

By: L. Davis

L. Davis — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:31:44 +0000

I was surprised to hear college academics remark that someone had applied for a job at their institution who was from Utah. They knew he wasn’t Mormon, however, because a Mormon would never be considered. I’m not Mormon, but was truly shocked to hear ‘educated’ people say this.

I guess the term ‘liberal’ has different meanings to different people and diversity and inclusiveness only applies to those that think like you do.

I long for the days when opinions of all kinds were supposed to be the norm on college campuses. What happened?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:50 +0000

As a conservative academic — closeted — waiting for tenure, I seriously believe the bias in most universities and colleges is so entrenched that it will NEVER change. Perhaps it is time to build a new bunch of institutions that espouse free inquiry, which is itself a conservative value.

By: Listen up

Listen up — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:34:26 +0000

Fight liberalism everywhere but especially in schools…If they get the children they get the world!

By: ALD

ALD — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:33:14 +0000

I encourage all conservative academics to document their cases and pursue them in court. We can’t allow political harassment to continue; our rights and freedoms need to be asserted in the courts. You should band together through a website and dedicate your efforts to throwing out the communists out of academia. This is a free country only if we use our freedoms and are protected by our rights.

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:27:01 +0000

“Justice delayed is justice denied.” This is an old maxim of Anglo-American law. Filosof has had to spend four years just to see that his case isn’t rejected out of hand. Now he has another year at least before a verdict, more if the MCC legal beagles delay things, as lawyers can do easily. Even if he gets his job back the other faculty there are sure to make his life Hell, hoping he’ll not be able to stand it and just resign of his own accord. And he can forget any promotion.

This is a pretty foul piece of political harassment, but it is likely to be an all too common tale in the near future.

By: fred

fred — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:51:35 +0000

Because of the nature of his firing and the reality of the blacklist, which his former employers no doubt aided and abetted, if he wins his case the award is going to be huge in his favor. They will owe him back pay and benefits, plus everything he would have lost in pay and benefits going forward throughout the rest of his expected career.

He will never get another job in academia. This we know for certain, given the the way the Left controls academia. The state of New York is going to have to get out the checkbook and there are going to be a lot of zeroes after the digit.

Good. Smack ‘em hard and keep on whacking them. I have absolutely no pity for academia. Years ago, when I was a Jesuit seminarian and aspiring Marxist intellectual I saw how thoroughly the Left controlled everything. This isn’t going to change soon, so he’s not likely to get another job teaching.

I say screw them all BIG TIME.

By: Michael Kosak

Michael Kosak — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:08:45 +0000

Dr. Lewis, do you really see a comparison here?

sumbandave spells it out very well, but DO YOU UNDERSTAND his explanation?

If you don’t then I can see why you are liberal. Lack of critical thinking ability is often a symptom of liberal mental disorder.

By: TomJW

TomJW — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:59:15 +0000

…“the taxpayers would be shocked to know how intolerant and bigoted many of the faculty members there are.” In New York State? Doubt it.

By: submandave

submandave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:57:29 +0000

I can understand Dr. Lewis’ feelings, but I think there are a few key distinction between his circumstance and that of Mr. Filozof. First, the action taken against Dr. Lewis was not dismissal, but rather denial of tenure. One may argue that in the academic world to be denied tenure is effectively the same, but in case the injured still brings home a paycheck while they seek a more welcome work environment, while in the other they do nto have that luxury.

But more important, I believe, is that while MCC is a public school receiving state and federal funds, Ashland University is a private institution that clearly states both its historical ties to the Brethren Church and a “long-standing commitment to Judeo-Christian values.” While one may not agree with the decission, I think it is entirely within the rights of a private college to grant or deny tenure on any basis it chooses, including if the personal philosophy of the applicant supports/detracts from the school’s mission, values and/or standards.

By: Joan Ryan

Joan Ryan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:45:51 +0000

Another illustration of the consistent truth that the liberal fetish for “diversity” doesn’t extend much beyond diversity of appearance and certainly not to the intolerable academic innovation of diversity of thought