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...Both The Crimson and the Spectator, in their panegyrics to Bollinger’s heroism, cite Ahmadinejad’s status as a “world leader” as the reason why hearing his opinions would be valuable. But, as it turned out, his speech was replete with neither detailed policy discussions nor insights available only to those on high. The Crimson, though, at least also saw value in embarrassing him—“a clown cowering behind the podium”—for his outlandish views. If exposing bigots is a worthy goal...
...Perhaps the real reason behind campuses’ discomfort with Islamo-Fascism Week lies less in Horowitz or other pundits’ undistinguished leadership credentials than in academia’s only tepid support for free speech itself...
...With critics who raise pointed concerns that the Academy would rather ignore, free speech becomes not as honorable and courageous a principle as it had previously appeared. The progressives prefer their opponents be straw men—bearded, tie-less clowns from Iran...
...regarding the condition of children in America, including the fact that a child is neglected or abused every 36 seconds. “Each of us can say every day that I care and that I’m willing to serve,” Edelman said in her speech. “She was a phenomenal orator,” said Farrah J. Mateen, a research fellow at the Harvard Medical School. “She exposed statistics that I hadn’t realized that changed the way I think about this country.” The lecture...
Lydia Natoolo—a native of Uganda who lives in Boston and works with Resolve Uganda, one of the groups which organized the walk—noted in her speech that tens of thousands of children have been abducted in the midst of the region’s civil strife...