Bobo’s boo-boo: Harvard dean says faculty have no right to criticize University if it could lead to outside intervention in the school’s business

Jerry A. Coyne
Why Evolution is True

Excerpt: Just when you thought the turmoil at Harvard was over, its briquettes have ignited again, thanks to a big squirt of lighter fluid from Harvard’s Dean of Social Science, Larry Bobo.  Last week, Bobo posted a deeply misguided editorial in the Harvard Crimson, which you can see by clicking the title below. What he calls for is in-house censorship of Harvard faculty, and even sanctions applied to those who nevertheless adhere to First-Amendment-permitted free speech.

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