"Whose Side Are You On?"

The newspaper usually tells a story with a particular slant. This necessitates reading two or three papers--across the continuum of liberal to conservative.

Or if you prefer digested news there's commercial television offering up sound bites with a slant.

Today I read several accounts of a rescinded honorary degree, initially proffered to a woman who has been a vigorous and outspoken critic of the treatment of women by fundamentalist Muslim countries.

It seems that she has made some rather harsh statements about the entire religion. Those statements brought about the wrath of several groups and they requested that the university rescind the invitation. The university complied.

Now several newspapers take umbrage with the position taken by the university. One editorial expresses chagrin with the refusal to allow for free speech on campus.

Another paper applauds the university's stand. But I don't know what she said and why--
now I may have to wait until she writes an essay about the experience.