From An Angry Reader:
Subject: 1972 REDUX….The carnivores of civil liberties.
“You talk like a man with a paper ass”. Someone needs to enlighten you about the need to cite examples.
How did you ever get your job at Stanford?
Gary Seager
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Dear Angry Reader Gary Seager,
In such a brief note, you still warrant an Angry Reader score of 2—given vulgarity and ad hominem attack in lieu of an idea or argument.
How odd you demand “examples” in a 750 word syndicated column nevertheless full of examples of officials such as Brennan, Clapper, and Comey who have all three, as I wrote, lied to Congress; Clapper and Brennan have admitted to such and apologized. I noted the FISA court and the flawed email investigations. What examples in fact are you citing for your crude assertions?
As to your last inquiry about how one gets a job at Stanford:
One gets a job at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, by both outside audit and internal review of one’s publications, teaching, public commentary, and prior conduct as a professor and academic, all a matter of record. Anyone is welcome to apply, you included.
So simply send an application to the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305. Be sure to include a vita with your education and terminal degree, teaching record, list of scholarly books and articles, public op-eds, and list of scholars in your field willing to offer candid and confidential assessments.
Then your application with be examined by:
1) the director,
2) a select committee of Hoover senior fellows,
3) a vote by all the senior fellows,
4) the relevant academic department in which you would teach if a full professor at Stanford,
5) an outside assessment conducted by that department, based on evaluations of your work by those in your field at other universities,
6) and a final decision by the provost at Stanford whether you meet Stanford University tenure and promotion standards for full professor.
The entire process can take only a year or so, is professionally conducted, and I certainly urge you to apply if interested.
Sincerely, Victor Hanson
