[lbo-talk] judge rules against ward churchill

[Joanna]

"[WS:] Let's face it, most university positions are sinecures that add little or no value to society.  Their main function is to provide income to the segment of the middle class known as the intelligentsia, and thus keeping them pacified and away from challenging the status quo. In a way, academic positions are akin to the eunuch  position in the imperial China."

True, except for the fact that most university teaching positions are no longer sinecures. So we're back to the thirties in that way too, with academics being left to dangle in the cold winds of the economy. Some swung left; some right. What's interesting is that the ruling class no longer feels it's necessary to buy them off.

Joanna