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Patrolling Professors' Politics Conservative activists and students press campaigns against perceived bias on campuses By SARA HEBEL Gerald Wilson, a history professor at Duke University, says a student's question on the first day of class last semester caught him off guard: "Do you have any prejudices?" Unsure what the young man meant, Mr. Wilson decided to reply with a joke. "Yeah, Republicans," he recalls saying. (He found out later that the student was asking about writing styles.) "Everybody laughed," the professor says. Well, not quite everybody. Matt Bettis, a senior in the class, thought the comment among others was inappropriate...

This article by David Horowitz and the two following (Sarah Habel's "Students for Academic Freedom: A New Campus Movement" and Stanley Fish's "Voice of the Opposition") all appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. They represent the ongoing debate over Horowitz's Academic Bill of Rights and fight for intellectual freedom in our institutions of higher learning - The Editors. *I am the author of the Academic Bill of Rights, which many student governments, colleges and universities, education commissions, and legislatures are considering adopting. Already, the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a version as legislation, and the Senate should soon...

I reported a few days ago that Nick Ashton, the head of the company with which I work, was going to Baghdad. He landed on Sunday at the Baghdad Airport in a plane that had one of its two engines working. We have been communicating by internet with MSN messaging. Tonight, I was able to call him. He went up to the roof of the compound at which he is staying so he could get a signal. Of the Iraqis he has met, they are very glad that the United States has liberated them from the torturous hellhole that was...

GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE "GUN RIGHTS = FREEDOM" National gun rights leaders will be joining with hundreds of local and national activists for the 2003 Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Houston Texas on September 26th 27th and 28th. This year's FREE conference will provide gun owners with necessary information and networking to defend themselves and their heritage against hysterical anti-gun foes in the media, classrooms, courtrooms and legislative bodies. The theme for the 2003 GRPC is: "Gun Rights = Freedom". GRPC 2003 will feature panel discussions and questions & answer sessions on a wide variety of crucial topics including:...

To all, Sorry for the long time since our last correspondence. That creates a lot of information this time. Much has been happening, and not much of it is good for gun rights. 1. I had hoped to get Emerson's conviction overturned before writing to you about such bad news. Unfortunately, he is scheduled to be sentenced on January 3rd, although his attorneys are seeking a delay. We will keep you posted on this unfortunate outcome. The Second Amendment won, but Emerson lost in this case. Media coverage and such of the trial can be read here: http://www.saf.org/EmersonViewOptions.html 2. And...

GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE 2002 TO BE HELD IN PHOENIX, AZ! The seventeenth annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) will take place this year on September 27-29th at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. This year's GRPC should be the biggest and best yet! "Arizona has become a key gun rights battleground on a wide variety of issues from concealed carry restrictions to attacks on gun shows," stated Alan Gottlieb, Founder of SAF. "With Senator John McCain spewing his anti-gun rants, all of these battles have national implications. GRPC 2002 will bring gun owners together and train people across...

Just a quick one today, but it provides LOTS of reading for you. As you have probably heard, the Justice Department now admits that the Second Amendment is an individual right. However, they are doing so in briefs trying to prevent the hearing of two Second Amendment cases -- Emerson's and Haney's. The Haney case is about a dumb guy who walked into a police station and said he had unlicensed machine guns and that they couldn't do anything about it. He likely did this on his own, without consulting gun rights groups with attorneys, and he is now in...