Posted on April 3, 2006 by Paul Mirengoff

Losing a debate with himself

John Sexton, a legendary high school debate coach (St. Brendan’s circa 1967) who is now the president of New York University, finds himself and his institution embroiled in the Danish cartoon controversy. Eugene Volokh finds that NYU’s deeds do not match Sexton’s words.

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