On Jun 27, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Aaron Shuman wrote:
> On Jun 27, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Aaron Shuman wrote:
>
>> Meanwhile, Douglas Feith gets appointed to
> Georgetown;
>
> Sure, true, hypocrisy is never in short supply. But
> do we really
> want to adopt Feith as the standard?
>
> Doug
>
> AS: Not sure what you mean by "Feith as the standard",
> Doug. Are you suggesting that legacy hires such as
> Feith aren't standard? or that Churchill and Feith set
> a comparable standard of scholarship?
What I mean is that I find the "see how bad the conservatives are!" isn't that exculpatory an argument.
I don't think Churchill should be fired, and the only reason he was investigated is his politics. But I don't want to get carried away defending his research practices either.
Doug