"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…
"... and if anybody in this room thinks we don't have infiltrators, well you are probably still waiting for the Easter bunny.... As a matter of fact I know for certain... that one of them is in this room right now."…
I'm at this debate, which I mentioned the other day, between Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and UW polisci prof Howard Schweber, here at the University of Wisconsin Law School. I'll ju…
Here 's an opinion piece in the Badger Herald by Robert Phansalkar, a UW student (majoring in political science and languages and cultures of Asia): The [“Think. Respect.”] program calls for university students to search for …
From the required textbook for Kevin Barrett's course on Islam, here at the University of Wisconsin. The book is: "9/11 and American Empire: Muslims, Jews, and Christians Speak Out," a collection of essays includin…
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…
I'm always bugging my colleague "Oscar Madison" to write some more political things. Like last week, when he did a nearly non-existent post about participating in an impeach-Bush teach-in -- an impeach-in -- I crabb…
Glenn Reynolds opines on the Kevin Barrett controversy: They've got two problems here. No, make that three. Problem one is that they hired a looney as an adjunct. That's not shocking -- adjunct positions pay badly and ar…
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…
The Capital Times has a long, appreciative piece on the 9/11 denialist Kevin Barrett. UPDATE: I saw the paper version and can tell you that this story -- with photograph -- runs across the front page, above the fold.
Says UW Provost Patrick Farrell. "Some are upset about Mr. Barrett's viewpoints on 9/11 and don't want to pay much attention to what makes for a quality educational experience." Upset? Viewpoints? Farrell goes …
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…
Joel McNally, columnist for The Capital Times (our afternoon newspaper here in Madison), aims his mental apparatus at the problem of having a 9/11 denialist teach an introductory course on Islam here at the University of Wiscons…