The current issue of Frontpagemag carries an especially sad and ironic account of a University of California/Santa Cruz professor’s ejection from an academic-freedom committee because she objected to the use of university funds to subsidize a teach-in whose self-described purpose was building “an effective national antiwar movement.”

There was once a time when university support for political activities was at least superficially disguised. Today, words like “advocacy” and “activism” are increasingly used in university program descriptions and job postings. Does the trend from hypocrisy to candor represent progress?