Word: dershowitz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ALAN DERSHOWITZ WAS the only Harvard professor I had heard of before coming Harvard. I avidly read his syndicated column in the local paper. I was fascinated by his eloquent defenses of civil libertarianism and First Amendment absolutism. They fascinate...
...weeks after arriving at Harvard, went to a rally to hear Dershowitz denounce Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork. As he stood at the lectern--jacket collar upturned, unkempt hair blowing in the wind--he spoke with venomous wit in loud, indignant tones. I rushed home afterwards to call my parents and tell them of my brush with greatness...
...mention all this to put my criticism of Dershowitz's latest book in the context of my respect for the author. Notwithstanding the narrow-sightedness, self-righteousness and infuriating egotism that pervade Chutzpah, a quasi-autobiographical reflection on being Jewish in America, it's hard for a principled liberal not to like Dershowitz. He is, after all (to use a completely inappropriate metaphor), our patron saint...
...Harvard's decision to invite West German President Richard von Weizsacker was accompanied by an extended controversy. Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz declared that he would protest the decision because he believed that the president had continually denied that his father knew about German war atrocities. Weizsacker had defended his father in the Nuremberg trials...
...Dershowitz was the only visible protester and was seen distributing leaflets...