Ward Churchill & the Demise of the Elites
What interests me about Ward Churchill, the professor at Colorado who said that the U.S. needs a few more 9/11s and that those who died in the WTC were "little Eichmann's", was less his rhetoric (I take him for insane and therefore less culpable) than what it shows: that universities aren't capable of self-policing, at least without unprecendented media exposure.
This, we know, is not uncommon. What do Ken Lay, some Catholic bishops and Ward Churchill have in common? Highly respected elites - CEOs, bishops and professors - who, sadly, have caused by their actions the need for costly and elaborate regulatory oversight.
Of the three Churchill has done the least damage and if he were at a private college it wouldn't be much of an issue. But for taxpayers to finance a warping anti-Americanism? Well that sounds downright un-American.
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