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Villain or Fall Guy? Yale and the Case of the Missing Cartoons

August 14, 2009 - 7:34 am - by Roger Kimball
James Walsh
2009-08-29 15:23:23

To whom it may concern,

I concur in all of the critical commentary published to date about the craven action of the Yale University Press’s decision to publish the book without the cartoons. The only remaining comment I would offer is this: what is the point of publishing a book which deals with the issues raised by the publication of “offensive” cartoons without publishing the cartoons themselves? What in the world could Yale possiblly be thinking would be the value of such a book?