Should the work of scholars accused of bad behavior be cited? (opinion)
Margaret Meredith explored this question after an academic whose scholarship contributed significantly to her book was accused of sexual misconduct.
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Academic decadence confronted Hamas’s depravity last week, and the devil won. Following Hamas’s rampage through Israel’s Gaza Corridor—behind Israel’s pre-1967 borders with no “settlements”—many have criticized pro-Palestinian students for blaming the victims and “holding the Israeli regime entirely responsible.” Far more dangerous are most administrators’ mealy-mouthed bleating and most professors’ silence. Student politics change with the winds; this perversion dressed up in academic gowns runs deeper.
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