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Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
He was turned down for tenure at Harvard and then pursued one of the longest tenure suits in history in a quixotic attempt to get reinstated.
A few of his charges had something vaguely resembling a point: tenure processes aren't very transparent, and a standard review procedure is a good thing. But most of them were just whining and special pleading.
He lost at the state appellate level in a smackdown, which sent him whimpering off to the Hoover Institution for wingnut welfare:
The appeals court ruling issued June 6 found that the Faculty handbook’s “language and structure could create no reasonable expectation to support the plaintiff’s interpretation.” It agreed with the docket committee’s decision that Berkowitz’s claim regarding the lack of experts in his field of study on the ad hoc committee—which examined his case for tenure—was without merit.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=348452
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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