Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

The study of history should be based on scholarly accuracy-or it's not true education. But parents need to know that many college classes wrongly interpret history to support a liberal agenda. Join Michael Farris as he shares some examples, today on Home School Heartbeat.

Michael Farris:


In April 2003, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported: "During a teach-in last month at Columbia University, Mr. De Genova, a 35-year-old assistant professor of anthropology and Latino studies, told 3,000 students and faculty members that he hoped Iraq would defeat the United States. He also wished for 'a million Mogadishus,' a reference to the 1993 battle in Somalia in which 18 U.S. soldiers were killed."


It probably comes as no surprise that universities are hotbeds of antiwar activity. The extent of this activity, however, is hard to overestimate. Historians have been leading the charge against President Bush's decision to remove the regime of Saddam Hussein from Iraq, using their prestige to gain support for their position.


We don't see an atmosphere of cautious and scholarly critique. De Genova's outlandish cry for the death of American soldiers may be the most outrageous, but it's not the only wild statement that's come from the academic establishment. Glenda Gilmore, a professor at Yale University, claimed that President Bush "wanted to be the emperor of the world."


These history professors believe in defending their right to freedom of speech but criticize a president who believes in defending the nation that has done more to protect that very freedom than any other civilization in human history.


I'm Mike Farris.