Word: mansfield
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...Mansfield Strikes Again" (Editorial, Oct. 27): Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. '53 annunciated the concerns of many on this campus, particularly those of us who belong to the conservative Republican minority. As a conservative Republican here, I have found myself outnumbered greater than 10-to-1 in many situations. The selection of Commencement speakers clearly indicates a desire to invite guests whose political agendas match the liberal ideology prevalent at Harvard...
...This Time," Opinion. Oct. 26). The abandon with which he shifts the blame from the killers to "the neo-conservative movement" and to "Christian Coalition types" is rather disturbing, as well as his mentioning the names of Irving Kristol, Richard John Neuhaus, Pat Buchanan and our own Harvey C. Mansfield '53 in connection with the gruesome murder...
...Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield...
Finally, to Mansfield's assertion that Harvard is too P.C.: We disagree. Students and Faculty are for the most part liberal, and many are genuinely interested in areas such as Afro-American Studies. But we do not see a crazed community in which people are afraid to share their views. We do not see an administration bowing to liberal pressure at the expense of conservative ideas...
...short, Mansfield is not Dinesh D'Souza, and this is not 1992. Discussions of multiculturalism or perceived liberal bias at Harvard are useful. But critics should choose their topics more carefully, and refrain from misapplying outdated and contentious labels...