Harvard Law School just reversed itself, announcng that it would after allow allow military recruiters on campus even though the Pentagon has refused to abandong its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy to assuage the academic conscience. (HatTip to Howard Bashman)
Meanwhile, university president Laurence Summers announced that Harvard would file an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to invalidate the Solomon Amendment, which cuts off funds to colleges that won’t allow military recruiters.
I am now reading 1984. Never read it before. I’ve just finished the first part. Let me just say that Orwell foresaw the Newspeak of American academia, if nothing else.