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Minnesota art-history faculty, as well as a Muslim organization, support fired instructor who showed her class a painting with Muhammad’s face (and a new video with the instructor)

As I’ve written about several times, Erika López Prater, an instructor at Hamline University in Minnesota, was fired by the school for showing a 14th-century image of Muhammad’s face in her art-history survey course. (She also showed a painting of the Prophet with his face veiled but rest of his body complete). The instructor warned … Continue reading Minnesota art-history faculty, as well as a Muslim organization, support fired instructor who showed her class a painting with Muhammad’s face (and a new video with the instructor)

Chronicle: DEI erodes academic freedom

For a while I’ve been making the obvious point that free speech (or academic freedom) and “inclusivity” don’t always go hand in hand. In fact, that’s exactly what you should expect, for free speech and academic freedom guarantee that some people will be offended, and the offended are clearly not “included.”  Likewise, the compelled speech … Continue reading Chronicle: DEI erodes academic freedom

Déjà Vu: S.F. State University investigates professor for showing Muhammad picture in class

Both FIRE and The Chronicle of Higher Education report that, mirabile dictu, yet another professor is in trouble for showing a picture of Muhammad—this time at San Francisco State University (SFSU).  He hasn’t been fired, but he’s under investigation.  FIRE is of course campaigning to nip this in the bud, and so they have both … Continue reading Déjà Vu: S.F. State University investigates professor for showing Muhammad picture in class

Friday: Hili dialogue

Greetings on Friday, January 20, 2023, and “National Cheese Lover’s Day.” And again with the apostrophe that implies that the day is celebrating only a single lover of cheese.The best cheese I ever had? A three-year-old Comté cheese I bought in the weekly market in Dijon, France. A visiting American cheese lover agreed with me … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue

More abrogation of free speech in Britain

This tweet is worth posting on its own because it shows how draconian the UK speech laws have become.  Mr. Goddard (who may be the same as “Patrick Basedman”) may indeed be a homophobe, and I’m sure I’d disagree with whatever criticisms of the LGBTQ community (or rainbow flags) he made. But that’s not the … Continue reading More abrogation of free speech in Britain

FIRE’s choice of America’s ten worst colleges for free speech

It’s that time of year again: the time when the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) nominates its ten worst colleges of the year for free speech. (Their list of the best colleges is here, with the University of Chicago back up to #1.) But today we get an honor roll of shame. Before … Continue reading FIRE’s choice of America’s ten worst colleges for free speech

Wednesday: Hili Dialogue

Welcome to a Hump Day (“Dia de gepa” in Basque): January 11, 2023. It’s National Hot Toddy Day, celebrating the hot whisky drink, usually with honey, lemon, and spices. According to Wikipedia, the origin of the name is Indian: The word toddy comes from the toddy drink in India, produced by fermenting the sap of palm trees. Its earliest known use to … Continue reading Wednesday: Hili Dialogue

NYT claims that a course on “The Problem of Whiteness” tests the University of Chicago’s commitment to free speech

What we have in this NYT story is an outraged conservative being peeved after finding out that there was going to be a University of Chicago anthropology course on “The Problem of Whiteness”. The student put information about the course, including publicly available information on the instructor’s photo and email address, on social media.  It … Continue reading NYT claims that a course on “The Problem of Whiteness” tests the University of Chicago’s commitment to free speech