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	There is a new post on The Conservative Philosopher.  You can read it at:

http://www.conservativephilosopher.com/posts/1148408885.shtml

It begins:

	Universities used to be sites of learning, which
	requires careful listening, sympathetic
	understanding, respect for divergent viewpoints,
	civil discussion, critical analysis, and rational
	argumentation. These days, one is as likely to
	experience censorship or silencing as open
	discussion of issues. See here for Brian Leiter's
	astonishing claim that there is no obligation to
	listen to what one rejects. Query: How is one to
	determine whether one rejects something unless one
	listens to it? This man—a tenured professor
	at a large state university—is becoming
	increasingly demented. It may sound cruel to say
	this, but I enjoy watching him disintegrate. His
	university,...