[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It's long. Reread it to fully appreciate it. One thing I like about Tranto is his graciousness, lurking just below the snark. I wonder if they had it to do over, if they would have done the same thing? Taranto was certainly right, but would have pursued the lawsuit? He does not appear (to me anyway) to be vicious or vindictive, but quite principled without being rigidly so. Would Professor Rawitch have suspended him, if she had it to do over? Was it worth the cost?

[caddie]

Bear in mind this was 25 years ago.

Today no editor would dare publish the cartoon.

Notwithstanding that the cartoon's message today about the injustice of Affirmative Action has been borne out in thousands and thousands of ways.

But we should not kid ourselves, our free speech rights have been seriously infringed by PC and there's no end in sight.

The remedy? Bravery. The faculty adviser should not have caved to the idiot protesters. But caving is what most people do in such circumstances, at least nowadays.

[Husker8877]

Just a point regarding the author’s presentation: the use of “we” instead of just plain old “I” throughout the article was extremely annoying.

Made a very long read even less readable.