Give Me Liberty . . . or the American Taliban

Most of you probably missed this fascinating article about academic freedom, er, or the lack thereof, at small, evangelical-Christian Patrick Henry College in suburban northern Virginia. My favorite part: the profs in question got in trouble for a 900-word piece in the campus newspaper "arguing that the Bible is not the only source of truth and that students can learn valuable lessons from non-Christian writings." The administration seemed to think that the piece "'diminished the importance of' Scripture."

Really? I hate the term American Taliban, because it is often applied unfairly. But this actually starts to sound like American mullahs. Read the whole thing.

My question: Why would you take a job at such a place . . . if you're not a Talib yourself, that is?