Dawn Majors/Post-Dispatch
Several hundred citizens, virtually all of them of mid- to late-middle age, showed up at Bernard Middle School in Mehlville Thursday evening. Judging by their behavior, their object was to display their scorn and shout down U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan,…
Last evening, the subject was election fraud, the locale was Cardwell’s Restaurant in Clayton, the convener was the St. Louis Chapter of the Federalist Society, the atmosphere was convivial, and the talk was … well … fierce.
Featured guests, billed as…
In a letter Wednesday afternoon to the Post-Dispatch, law school dean Kent Syverud took issue with comments attributed to Phyllis Schlafly in which she personally attacked law school faculty members opposed to her receiving an honorary degree from the university on…
Midday on Wednesday, Wash. U. Chancellor Mark Wrighton said he will not rescind the offer to bestow an honorary degree Friday on conservative author Phyllis Schlafly. His statement took the form of an e-mail message, the complete text of which follows.…
The Boston Globe today reports that Jack M. Wilson, president of the
University of Massachusetts, may rescind an honorary degree awarded to President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who is facing international scorn and sanctions for his authoritarian regime’s bloody campaign against political opponents.
This…
In a sharply worded letter Friday to Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton, 14 faculty members of the Washington University School of Law called on Wrighton to rescind the university’s offer of an honorary degree to Phyllis Schlafly at commencement ceremonies on…
Given the vigorous earlier comments, pro and con, on a post about the issue of Phyllis Schlafly receiving an honorary degree from Washington University, here are a couple of additional resources:
First, this solid reporting job from earlier in the week by…
An outraged former colleague e-mailed this morning to say:
Hi there. Washoo is honoring Phyllis Schlafly at commencement this year, at which the guest speaker is Chris Matthews. These choices represent the enlightened thinking of our most prestigious academic institutions. There…
