Stylistically and politically, Robert P. George and Cornel West don\u2019t have much in common. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, is one of the country\u2019s most prominent conservative intellectuals. West, a professor of the practice of public philosophy and African and African-American studies at Harvard University, is a self-described \u201cradical Democrat\u201d who, in addition to many books, once released a spoken-word album.<\/p>\n
So when George and West agree on something and lend their names to it, people take notice — as they did this week, when the pair published a statement<\/a> in support of \u201ctruth seeking, democracy and freedom of thought and expression.\u201d It\u2019s a politely worded denunciation of what George and West call \u201ccampus illiberalism,\u201d or the brand of thinking that led to this month\u2019s incident at Middlebury College, where students prevented an invited speaker from talking and a professor was physically attacked by some who were protesting the invitation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read the entire post here. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stylistically and politically, Robert P. George and Cornel West don\u2019t have much in common. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, is one of the country\u2019s most prominent conservative intellectuals. West, a professor of the practice of public philosophy and African and… Continue reading