Hmmmm… what has become of the hallowed halls of the Academy?

(On a less sarcastic note, when it comes to hiring in “special categories,” you would be amazed at how fast universities move. I have many a personal story.)

“It’s morally w rong, but since when is morality considered a serious consideration in market-oriented societies?”
You don’t pay much attention to other comments, do you? See Bill Hennessey above, who resigned over a matter of principle. People make those kinds of decisions every day - lots of people. If you don’t know any, it says more about *you* (and your chosen associates) than the rest of *us*.

Paradox–I disagree with your characterization of the processes in question. Further, I would hardly oput Churchill in the same categories as those fellows and, in fact, I would expect that they could all get tenure in a US university these days.

In any case one should recognize that the point of scholarship is to advance knowledge by proposing bold and anomalous ideas. The tenure process and the peer review evaluation of articles for journal publication is essentially meant to control the flow of new ideas. That’s why the greatest intellects in modern times avoided universities like the plague. Think of Kant, Mill, Hume, Keynes, Sartre, Marx, Socrates, et al. Which strait-laced university would have tenured them?

The Rocky Mountain News today…

I will say this: if it comes out that Churchill lied, it will hardly surprise me.

S