[winstonchurchill]

Well, they come pretty close. "Yet the best that can be said of his work with the probate and militia records is that he is guilty of unprofessional and misleading work.... On Question 4, dealing with the construction of the vital Table One, we find evidence of falsification. And on Question 5, which raises the standard of professional historical scholarship, we find that Professor Bellesiles falls short on all three counts.."

I think that is pretty damning from the 'collegial' atmosphere of liberal academia. They got dead him to rights. That is why he resigned. Good work by his fellow liberals.

[RossA]

Even better, his liberal colleagues spent many man-years ripping his work to shreds. Just think what mischief they could have achieved if not on outing him!

[LS]

As a history professor at the U. of Dayton, I think this is remarkable. Generally, there are few things that a University won't tolerate from libs, except sexual harassment and accusations of racism. So this is surprising, and it means that the evidence wa so cotton-pickin' overwhelming that this guy could not have stayed.

Now the bad news? He'll be offered an endowed chair in some Ivy League school for his "boldness of approach."

[FateAmenableToChange]

Well, they come pretty close.

No argument there. Bellesiles deserves what he gets, esp. if the liberal academy is actually admitting that one of their own has erred.