https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2008/07/15/university-apologizes-to-student-after-accusing-him-of-openly-reading-a-book/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:19:02 -0400<![CDATA[Behold the ne plus ultra of campus tolerance, in which the act of reading scholarly material now constitutes an actionable offense. Our culprit? A student-janitor named Keith Sampson. His weapon? &#8220;Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan.&#8221; The charge? Racial harassment, for thoughtlessly brandishing this anti-Klan book with an image of Klansmen on the cover where others might see it. The AP story describes what happens next, but to get the full Orwellian flavor you need to read Dorothy Rabinowitz&#8217;s op-ed. Quote:]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:33:17 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2008/07/15/university-apologizes-to-student-after-accusing-him-of-openly-reading-a-book-n155956