I’m informed via e-mail that later on today the faculty at Wesleyan University in Connecticut will vote on this resolution:

The faculty of Wesleyan speak out in protest of our government’s policies, which we believe are profoundly misguided and dangerous, sowing destruction abroad and eroding civil liberties at home. We see innocent people of Iraq lying dead and the cultural institutions of the country laid to waste, observe the harassment of international students and colleagues, and note the chilling effect on open inquiry of the erosion of civil rights. We fear for the future.
The war that the United States is waging against Iraq has led to countless civilian deaths, the destruction of the libraries of Baghdad with their irreplaceable collections, the looting of museums, and the dismantling of hospitals. As citizens, scholars and teachers, we condemn these terrible events, and the war that has led to them. We also protest the war’s destructive effects on American society. As libraries, museums, and hospitals are destroyed far away, money to fund education and health care here at home is diverted to the military.
This war, prosecuted without the sanction of the United Nations and in violation of international law, is the most obviously violent instance of policies being pursued by our government. Legislation compromising basic civil liberties is another, as is the detention of prisoners outside the reach of any law. We protest the erosion of civil liberties that threatens the free expression of ideas and encourages the detention of innocent people. As educators, we see how these policies directly affect our students and colleagues. We must publicly dissent.

Good grief!