The Chronicle of Higher Ed has awarded its latest David W. Miller Award to a student journalist from Harvard. The award is named after a friend of mine who was killed by a drunk driver in 2002. I’m not sure what David, who was conservative, would make of a winner who says she was inspired by Noam Chomsky, but the award that bears his name continues to honor his spirit. He’s been gone for more than six years and I still miss him.