Thursday, April 26, 2007
War on Ideas
In this article, Canadian journalist Linda Solomon notes the current use of the Ideological Exclusion Provision of the Patriot Act to deny visas to foreign scholars, lawyers and professors scheduled for speaking tours, academic conferences, and teaching positions at American universities. As she cogently observes, this provision is solely designed to prevent the entry of ideas incompatible with the prevailing ideology of the Department of Homeland Security as dictated by the White House.
