Reacting to the San Bernardino massacre, Juan Cole of the University of Michigan blames the NRA and calls for tighter gun laws--before quoting the Qur’an’s admonition that “God will not change the condition of a people until they change it themselves.” We’ll know the Middle East studies establishment has accepted that challenge when its leaders stop obfuscating in the face of Islamist terror and finally call out jihadists when they act. As usual, we’re not holding our breath.
Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.
