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Freedom

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The Academic Freedom Conference at Stanford

Soel asked a faculty member, how many of them were there and how many of you? He was clearly suggesting that the professors should have stood their ground and physically ejected the protesters from the faculty lounge. I can tell from this story that Soel was not one who had the patience for insubordination coming from students. By moving to Hoover, was Soel serving as the proverbial canary in the coal mine that academic freedom was on the decline? We'll be playing some clips from the Academic Freedom Conference at Stanford in November. All of the presentations from the conference are now available publicly on YouTube.

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