•August 9, 2017•

By Jim Nowlan
NP Guest Columnist

“Veritas” (goddess of truth) is emblazoned at the center of the seal of Knox College in Galesburg, a dear college where I have taught on and off over the years.

I fear the quest for truth is becoming a casualty of the forces of political correctness, accelerating snarkiness, and toxic political campaign rhetoric.

As one illustration among many, the conservative writer Charles Murray was recently blocked by student protestors from speaking at a prominent West Coast university.

Murray gained notoriety in the 1990s for The Bell Curve, which plowed old ground by reviewing the literature about purported racial differences in intelligence; liberals subsequently debunked his scholarship to their satisfaction. That debate will go on. It’s what the search for truth is all about.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.