Liberal Elite at Their Best

Can you believe the time and money "brilliant [?]" educators are putting in to this "war over words"? Just as the original protest over President Lawrence H. Summers' comments totally disregarded the question; "is what he said factual?" for the "bigger [liberal] issue", "does it offend", this new round of debate disregards the same question for the concern "could this damage the University's reputation?" whoopee do!

I tell you want damages your University's reputation and demonstrates why liberal academia elites don't earn my attention; your total disregard of facts, truth, and educating choosing instead to worrying about "not offending" and "your reputation".

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 18 - A mood of uncertainty settled over Harvard University on Friday in the aftermath of President Lawrence H. Summers's release of the transcript of his contentious remarks last month about the shortage of women in the sciences and engineering.

Many people were parsing and debating the often dense and rambling 7,000-word transcript, a long-awaited document that quickly became a must-read on campus.

A group of professors and students was collecting names on letters supporting Dr. Summers. Another group of professors, who had criticized Dr. Summers's leadership style at a tense faculty meeting on Tuesday, was continuing to discuss the matter.

Scholars normally immersed in research and teaching were preoccupied with questions about the leadership of the university, to which many of them have devoted their adult lives. [Read more if you really want to]