Kudos to Randy L. Diehl, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at UT-Austin, who is defending Prof. Ami Pedahzur, of the Inst. for Israel Studies, and the principle of free speech. Members of the Palestine Solidarity Committee disrupted a Nov. 13 lecture by guest speaker Gil-li Vardi, who was to speak on the culture of the IDF. The students are shamelessly attempting to portray themselves as victims and have filed a “civil rights” complaint with the university.
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.
