tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452233.post5561922044046956794..comments2023-11-24T02:59:25.896-06:00Comments on College Freedom: John K. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07095262644379400681noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452233.post-42736079225373478142008-02-28T14:46:00.000-06:002008-02-28T14:46:00.000-06:00Wow! I see on this thread that someone beat me to...Wow! I see on this thread that someone beat me to tenditious, completely independently.<BR/><BR/>I think, sir, this is clearly a trend. Perhaps some self-reflection is in order?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452233.post-13503835857579006902008-01-21T11:05:00.000-06:002008-01-21T11:05:00.000-06:00Sir,Riddle me this - how shall an academic be qual...Sir,<BR/><BR/>Riddle me this - how shall an academic be qualified to review curriculum, with very little understanding of the training and education standards governing DoD instruction, a lack of expertise on battlefield dynamics, no understanding of military culture and zero formal military training?<BR/><BR/>Maybe the board of trustees at your university should be more involved in radifying the curriculum in your classroom as well? Maybe we should create a national criteria for curriculum development on college campuses to govern all institutions of higher learning in this country? <BR/><BR/>I find it interesting that you demand control of the ROTC curriculum on a blog devoted to "College Freedom."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452233.post-9270594131609097572008-01-21T10:45:00.000-06:002008-01-21T10:45:00.000-06:00You've got some good content here, you should cons...You've got some good content here, you should consider adding your blog to the college blog network @ www.thecollegeblognetwork.com to increase readership ;)<BR/><BR/>Nice workCollegeBlenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13988353915190667166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452233.post-50520288874712855702008-01-20T09:37:00.000-06:002008-01-20T09:37:00.000-06:00While it's possible, as you say, that the three De...While it's possible, as you say, that the three Democratic candidates queried recently on whether they would enforce the Solomon Amendment (unanimously upheld in the Supreme Court) gave very incomplete answers to the questions put to them about enforcement, it's also possible one or more of their answers were intentionally evasive and off-point (thus pitching their remarks to their own agenda by hastily and tactically changing the subject). <BR/><BR/>And while I've read your thoroughly -researched but tendentiously-presented case against the Department of Defense in your linked IHE piece, it does not persuade (especially your ludicrous alternative suggestion that ROTC be offered as a student-run campus club). But in your closing remarks perhaps your most telling generalization appears: that conservatives seethe with hatred against universities. This canard is worse than rhetorically ineffective; it suggests possible tu quoque retorts concerning your own strong biases against conservatives, the Department of Defense, and the US military.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452233.post-26172215617812261422008-01-20T00:57:00.000-06:002008-01-20T00:57:00.000-06:00Though I agree with you in thinking that these rul...Though I agree with you in thinking that these rules should be repealed, any serious presidential candidate doesn't really have a choice in enforcing such a law or not. It'd be even more aggregious for any presidential candidate to say that they <I>won't</I> enforce a law. After all, they would be constitutionally mandated to do so. <BR/><BR/>As to your point about Obama's lack of knowledge on the issue, wasn't this a significant issue at the U of C Law School while he was a lecturer there? If indeed it was, I'm sure he'd be familiar with it.Bradley Spahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745989174462907261noreply@blogger.com