Their breathless headline today: Charles Koch’s Assault on Academic Freedom.

To sum up the story, Koch donated some money to a bunch of schools, and in exchange, asked for some input on who the university hired.

Not sure how Mother Jones justifies this as an “assault” when the universities didn’t have to take the money in the first place.

Another assault seems to be bank holding company BB&T demanding Florida State University students read Atlas Shrugged:

In addition to funding two slots, Koch has also donated nearly $500,000 for graduate fellowships. So far only BB&T, the bank holding company, has joined the effort, with its foundation pledging $1.5 million over 10 years. The money is being used to hire an instructor who is not eligible for tenure; BB&T had no control over the hire, Rasmussen said.
A separate grant from BB&T funds a course on ethics and economics in which Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is required reading. The novel, which depicts society’s collapse in the wake of government encroachment on free enterprise, was recently made into a movie marketed to tea party members.

Hmmm. I wonder what Rand would say about BB&T’s receipt of TARP funds.