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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Let he who is without Zinn...

Daniels cast the first stone and now he is being castigated.
From Inside Higher Ed today comes this story of activities at Purdue:

This summer, the Associated Press revealed that Mitch Daniels, while governor of Indiana, tried to discourage the use of the books of the late Howard Zinn, a leftist historian, in the state. In a new effort to defend Zinn's legacy, scholars have announced plans for a "read in" of Zinn's work, to take place at Purdue University, where Daniels is now the president...

Full story at:http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/09/17/plan-honor-howard-zinn-purdue-university


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