"... to remind them not to hate, but to love and tolerate all people. I brought good feelings to a lot of people and I brought hope to many. My motivation was to make good in this world." A world-class bullshit artist, …
Jeff Jacoby writes (via Memeorandum ) about the overbearing attitude now being taken about global warming, using the word "denial" as in "Holocaust denial." Why the relentless labeling of those who point out …
"You would be well advised to strive for more balanced and accurate coverage in the future," writes 9/11 conspiracy theorist -- and erstwhile UW part-timer -- Kevin Barrett . He's displeased with the way a journalis…
NYU lawprof Burt Neuborne tells of his painful struggle representing Holocaust victims. The crusading attorney helped to win $1.25 billion for his clients, but some of them now regard him as just another big shot looking out for…
The Badger Herald -- one of the UW student newspapers -- reconsiders its position on Kevin Barrett (the part-time teacher here who believes that the government perpetrated the 9/11 attacks). Initially, the paper supported the UW…
UW Regent Jeffrey B. Bartell says he'll respond to that question, which he's been hearing a lot lately. Here's how the response goes: [M]y question in response is how did you learn about these theories?... As abhorre…
Stanley Fish takes on the Kevin Barrett controversy in an op-ed in the NYT today: Mr. Barrett’s critics argue that academic freedom has limits and should not be invoked to justify the dissemination of lies and fantasies. Mr. Bar…
Cathy Young has a piece in The Boston Globe about what she calls our "academic follies" at UW. As you remember from earlier posts here , Kevin Barrett, a part-time instructor hired to teach this fall will be inflicti…
Here 's a piece about the Syrian-American psychiatrist Wafa Sultan, who gave "an unusually blunt and provocative interview on Al Jazeera television on Feb. 21" and became "an international sensation, hailed as…
Said British historian David Irving, as he faced sentencing in Austria for Holocaust denial. He also said, "I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz." That's not the same as saying my st…
Ward Churchill spoke at UW-Whitewater last night. The American Mind has a lot of photos of the pro- and anti-Churchill doings outside the hall. Here 's the Badger Herald's report on the speech: Churchill ... lashed out a…