The conclusion one must draw from such examples isn't that every institution has its bad apples but rather that, at least in the liberal arts in America, moral turpitude and political hucksterism pervades higher education.
Radical criminals with questionable academic credentials flourish in a milieu that bristles with hostility toward real scholars who don't toe the party line—witness the case of former Harvard President Lawrence Summers.
Individuals with prison records or FBI rap sheets don't get into major educational institutions because they fudge their resumes.
They get in because they share the political dogmas of those who hire them—and they flourish for the same reason.
http://www.pirateballerina.com/blog/entry.php?id=397
Thanks for the link to "PirateBallerina". I found this quote in a column there:
"As the satirist Karl Kraus pointed out (which quote I've shamelessly cribbed from The Weekly Standard), 'the secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience, so they believe they are as clever as he.' In achieving that level of stupidity, Churchill has succeeded, and judging from his audience, it was no mean feat."
http://www.pirateballerina.com/blog/entry.php?id=82