by Patrick J. Buchanan – December 4, 2002

What happened in 1920, wails Larry Summers, was “abhorrent and an affront to the values of our university. We are a better and more just community today because those attitudes have changed …”

“In Harvard Papers, a Dark Corner of the College’s Past” is the headline the New York Times pasted over the story of the unearthing of Harvard’s hidden sin. What was it? Did Harvard burn a heretic in the basement of the faculty club? Did Harvard condone a lynching?