Sunday, October 9, 2005
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
The Stanford Review: Joel Beinin Doesn’t Deserve Tenure by Daniel H Jacobs, MD - ' Tenure is a gift, or perhaps a right, bestowed upon professors so that they can present their work on its merits, free of political interference. Professors, uniquely among professionals, cannot be fired simply for disseminating unpopular ideas. This is, we are told, how Great Ideas are formed. Joel Beinin, a tenured history professor at Stanford, has at times accused others of trying to silence him. However, since a tenured professor, by definition, cannot be silenced, the irritation felt by him must be based on something else than the fear of being stifled. Perhaps Beinin fears exposure of inaccurate or dishonest ideas that he has propagated since he received tenure...' [via Moonbat Central] (Link)
