Speaking Truth To Power

Only ideologues and nitwits believe that there are no innate differences between the sexes. It's therefore no surprise that these descriptions apply to such a large proportion of the Harvard faculty.

"Members of a Harvard faculty committee that has examined the recruiting of professors who are women sent a protest letter yesterday to Lawrence H. Summers, the university's president, saying his recent statements about innate differences between the sexes would only make it harder to attract top candidates.

The committee told Mr. Summers that his remarks did not "serve our institution well."

"Indeed," the letter said, "they serve to reinforce an institutional culture at Harvard that erects numerous barriers to improving the representation of women on the faculty, and to impede our current efforts to recruit top women scholars. They also send at best mixed signals to our high-achieving women students in Harvard College and in the graduate and professional schools."

Liberal pat themeselves on the back for "speaking truth to power." Only in this case, it was Lawrence Summers speaking the truth and it is the left that is wielding the power.