More, and Worse, Punishment of a Professor Who Followed His Conscience
BY DAVID PALUMBO-LIU, STANFORD UNIVERSITY The punishment of John Cheney-Lippold, a University of Michigan professor who declined to write a letter of recommendation for a student who wished to study in Israel, has grown in a particularly ugly and disturbing manner. Cheney-Lippold is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) that argues…