The ultimate hypocrisy of political correctness

So Larry Summers resigned from Harvard. The mavens of political correctness got him. First it was his experience with a charlatan like Cornel West - who left because Summers dared to point out that West's scholarship was a bit shoddy. West moved to Princeton - which already has the likes of Peter Singer the bizarre anti-vivisectionist. Summers was right to raise the question. Then came the remarks about women - where he speculated about a set of questions that should be on the minds of many - not because we know the answers to the questions but because we should be asking the questions. But the libs on the faculty would have none of it. They live in a protected bubble and figured that if they just sang loud enough he would go away (a variation of the theme during Vietnam - if we just sing loud enough we will end the war) They thought that by dissing Summers that they would protect their hallowed and protected roles.

Ultimately, the best universities are permiable institutions - deeply involved with reality; challenging the outside world but at the same time being challenged by the outside world. But Harvard, with its huge endowment can stand above that. In the end the university may have an increasing bank balance but a declining intellectual account. In a university, money is always important, but the intellectual side of the ledger is what differentiates the good from the great.