To Teach or Not to Teach
Should We Banish the Bard?

By Charles W. Colson

"Not long ago a drama professor named Jarad Sakren was fired from Arizona State University. It seems his classroom behavior was so outrageous that even amorally permissive, "anything goes" campus could no longer stomach it.

What was Dr. Sakren's crime? He was teaching the plays of William Shakespeare. This is just the latest example of just how intolerant the tolerance crowd really is--and of how much damage they're doing to academia..."

These are the opening paragraphs to the 12/7/98 broadcast of Breakpoint, a Christian radio perspective on the news. It is a ministry of Prison Fellowship. The folks at Breakpoint asked that we not post their information on other websites. You can visit the Breakpoint Archives to hear the real audio broadcast of the program. Just look for the 12/7/98 broadcast.

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