Beekeeper

THE NEW BAD THING ABOUT WARD

The additional downside to Ward Churchill's relatively recent 'popularity' is that he appears to be increasingly on the lecture circuit. Nary a month goes by without him speaking at several institutions of questionable learning. Most recent was his speech at California State University at Monterey Bay, which is just south of UC Santa Cruz (a real hotbed of educational dysfunction).

But man, Churchill loves his new role, which he himself is trying to erect. According to the Monterey Herald, he said: "I became the poster boy for academic freedom." Academic freedom apparently covers the freedom to be intellectual dishonest. (read this and this and this) If you don't understand the logic, don't worry. There is none to be found.