Ward Churchill

Fox News viewers have no doubt heard of Ward Churchill. If you haven't, a simple Google, NY Times, or Nexis search should tell you more than you want to know. I haven't weighed in because I don't have anything particularly insightful to add. So I will point you to a few good writings on the topic.

Timothy Burke at his fantastic and thoughtful blog Easily Distracted captures exactly my own sense of frustration with this kind of tiresome and predictable media hokum. But he also takes Churchill to task for being a slopping scholar. See Off the Hook

Kevin Drum at Washington Monthly does a nice job showing how the story gained media traction -- a formula that has been played out countless times in the past 15 years.

Digby in Witnessing History gives his usual acerbic and insightful take on the whole story, linking it clearly to broader issues in our culture and politics.

The folks at Cliopatria the blog at History News Network have been doing a good job following the story.

I was appalled by his remarks and appalled that his visit to Hamilton College was cancelled after threats of violence. Which is a greater danger to our republic: the fact that college professors can be idiots (something that should come as no surprise to my students) or the fact that intimidation silences dissenting speech?