October 11, 2007
Beneficent Sanctuaries
My own think-tank slogan is: "No one knows when the Berlin Wall will come down." It is imperative to maintain intellectual sanctuaries in a world where Harvard University forbids the discussion of certain important issues and Columbia University welcomes the contributions of a master terrorist. Our sanctuaries have been instrumental to the expansion of human freedom in recent decades. We are laying the groundwork for further advances--as opportunities arise, as they surely will.
Christopher DeMuth, President of AEI, in a valedictory op-ed in today's WSJ (subscription only).
Posted by Gregory at October 11, 2007 10:47 PM
"Welcomes the contributions"?
Timothy Noah, by the way, has a good retrospective on Demuth's seedier activities at http://www.slate.com/id/2175768/ .
How do people who consider Ahmadinejad a "master terrorist" who is unfit to be allowed to speak at American universities feel about Menachem Begin's treatment in America while he was Prime Minister of Israel?
