Academic Freedom for Thee...What About Me?

There is no field more perilous for open-minded scholars than evolutionary biology. So this caught my eye. Journalist Menachem Wecker has co-written a whole book on academic freedom. Now, with a piece in the National Catholic Reporter, Wecker gives a prcis of what it means for scholars to enjoy the freedom to teach and think without fear. What will he say about the question of Darwin versus design?

Just this:

Contrary to popular belief, academic freedom isn't a get-out-of-jail-free card. Ins...