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One year ago this month, Peter N. Kirstein, a professor at Saint Xavier University on the South Side, stirred a tempest with his e-mail reply to an Air Force cadet who wanted to organize a political forum on campus. The gory details are readily available on the Internet, so I won't rehash them here. Suffice it to say it's not a very good idea anymore to say the Air Force is cowardly and kills babies. The professor and the cadet smoothed things over, and the incident has receded into the past. One phenomenon that has not receded into the past,...

The Nutty Professor The other day a friend of mine forwarded an account of an e-mail exchange between a cadet at the Air Force Academy and a professor at St. Xavier University. The cadet was innocently informing the college about an event called The Academy Assembly, a gathering where political subjects are discussed and inquiring about the best methods of advertising in the St. Xavier area. The letter ended up in the hands of a certain professor, Peter Kirstein, and here is the professor’s reply: “You are a disgrace to this country and I’m furious you would even think I...

THE HATE-FILLED LEFTIST PROFESSOR OK .. in response to nearly 100 very demanding e-mail messages, here is what I have been able to find out about that incredible letter from the history professor at Saint Xavier University in Chicago to that cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The Air Force Academy has a program called The Academy Assembly. You will read a description of The Academy Assembly below. An Air Force Academy cadet named Robert Kurpiel sent an e-mail to which ended up in the hands of Peter Kirstein at Saint Xavier. Here is the text of that e-mail:...