It was only a matter of time before somebody “revised” the history of the Second World War in order to place a share of the blame for the Holocaust on Winston Churchill. Nicholson Baker has now done that, and has earned the praise of a New York Times reviewer. He has also been excoriated by the New York Sun.

Actually, he’s been excoriated twice, since he made the mistake of replying to the Sun’s original editorial and the scathing review they published. Just follow the links. And don’t miss the good remarks at Powerline. There, Scott Johnson dryly remarks that “the lofty equivalance preached by the likes of Baker (and the New York Times reviewer) has become the most prevalent form of degradation in everyday intellectual life.”

Which is yet another reason why serious people must engage in the fight for truly open universities, against the monopoly of the moral relativists who practice this intellectual degradation under the banner of political correctness.