At Yale, Official Correctors Are Thwarted; Memories of Meyer, Wells at the University of Oklahoma

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, women's rights advocate and vocal critic of Islam, spoke at Yale yesterday without incident, despite objections from Muslim and other student groups. At National Review Online, the brilliant Yale computer science professor David Gelernter wrote a scathing and very funny reply to the protest contingent, which in turn caught the eye and won the admiration of -- irony alert! -- Jerry Coyne at Why Evolution Is True. Dr. Coyne, our currently reigning Censor of the Year, wonders wh...