Justice Project.” No, we are not making that up: a new name, but obviously the same tawdry, ideologically inspired business. Well, we were as surprised as we were pleased that a place like Hamilton, so obviously enthralled by the academic status quo, would actually deviate from its lock-step adherence to the agenda of political correctness to countenance the presence on campus of a center honoring the legacy of an American Founding Father. Alas, our surprise turns out to have been more justified than our pleasure. No sooner had Hamilton announced the creation of the Hamilton Center than the faculty (led by former members of the Kirkland Project) went to town, intimidating the pusillanimous administration and demanding that the center be subject to faculty oversight.

In the succeeding weeks, theexperiment.

Last year, the Hamilton faculty met to discuss the embarrassing affairs of Susan Rosenberg and Ward Churchill. According to one observer, Nancy Rabinowitz, then head of the Kirkland Project, stood to defend her program and ended by addressing President Stewart: “The Kirkland Project is Hamilton College.” Many of the faculty gave her a standing ovation. Parents and alumni take note: The Kirkland Project may have changed its name, but its toxic spirit clearly lives on at Hamilton. More’s the pity.

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