TO HEAR some academics tell it, not since the Alien and Sedition Acts have our civil liberties been more under siege. Not only is the government detaining illegal combatants indefinitely overseas, but here at home, a "vast right-wing conspiracy" (to use Hillary Clinton's phrase) is suppressing dissent on our college campuses. As is usually the case when the Left cries foul over matters of free speech, nothing could be further from the truth. After decades of getting a free pass to spew their anti-American rhetoric under the shield of "academic freedom," many Middle East studies faculty are finally getting their comeuppance, as their curricula come under scrutiny from Congress and groups like Campus Watch.
In a recent Washington Post article, Professor Barbara Petzen of Harvard called the effort a "right-wing thought police that is sending spies into classrooms
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