Texas Gov. Rick Perry wages an assault on state's university establishment  —  In Texas, few institutions are as venerated as its flagship universities.  Their alumni networks are vast and devoted.  The state's political power structure is woven by college ties that are as strong as party ones.

Inside the Huntsman ‘drama’  —  'Goodness will overcome the temporary difficulties and early turf-protecting," wrote the candidate.

Were Our Enemies Right?  —  In February 1982, Susan Sontag made a fierce challenge to a left-wing audience gathered at New York's Town Hall: … Posing that question won Sontag only boos from an audience that the New York Times described as “startled.”  Yet the question has only gained power over the intervening years.