The American Studies Association has just issued a warning that academic freedom is under threat in the post 9/11 world. What is the danger? Only the usual bogus complaints about the supposed McCarthyism of Campus Watch and other critics of the academy. On top of that, the ASA wants the government to stop its perfectly legitimate attempts to keep track of foreign students and professors. What the American Studies Association really wants is to go back to a time when few bothered to criticize college professors. And the ASA trots out the usual complaint that critics mistake opposition to government policy as anti-Americanism. The truth is, contemporary American Studies really is driven by an animus to America–to the point where those who believe that an identifiable American tradition even exists are treated as oppressors. For the story of how American studies turned against America, read this extraordinary article by Alan Wolfe.