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Eugene Volokh on NYU and the Cartoon Shame
If you haven鈥檛 been keeping up, check out Eugene Volokh鈥檚 thoughts on the NYU Mohammed cartoon controversy over at the . As always, Eugene is as prolific as he is brilliant, with over half a dozen insightful posts on the topic so far. His post 鈥溾 is perhaps my favorite. In it he concludes that NYU President Sexton鈥檚 unwillingness to stand up for principle has resulted in 鈥淸a] sad day for elite American higher education; a sad day for NYU; and a sad day for the Sexton presidency and the Sexton legacy.鈥
I recommend that you read them all.
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