Intellectual burqas

Will Sept. 11 lead to the liberation of American universities? | Gene Edward Veith

The word Taliban means "student." For years, Afghanistan was ruled by its academic class--its scholars, teachers, and obedient students. Education is a wonderful thing, but in its left-wing manifestations, whether in the radical Islamic schools of the Middle East or in the radical secular schools of America and Europe, the academic world shares a common mindset.

Professors and their students, mullahs and their taliban, have the occupational hazard of cultivating a reality-hating idealism, ideological blinders, and grandiose self-righteousness. This academic frame of mind lies behind both the strictures of political correctness on American campuses and the utter control over thought, behavior, and innocent pleasures in Afghanistan.

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