Your Resignation is Accepted
Base10 is appalled by the hubris of the writer and more importantly, the hubris of the Boston Globe for publishing this stupid op-ed piece:

An open letter to William P. Leahy, SJ, president of Boston College.

DEAR Father Leahy,

I am writing to resign my post as an adjunct professor of English at Boston College.

I am doing so -- after five years at BC, and with tremendous regret -- as a direct result of your decision to invite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to be the commencement speaker at this year's graduation.

Many members of the faculty and student body already have voiced their objection to the invitation, arguing that Rice's actions as secretary of state are inconsistent with the broader humanistic values of the university and the Catholic and Jesuit traditions from which those values derive.

Steve Almond

The article is longer than this, of course. God forbid an editorialist be brief while screaming hysterically that Bush/Cheney/Rice/Rumsfeld lieeeeeeeeed and got us involved in an illegal and immoral war in Iraq. It's all about the oil, after all. Blah. Blah. Blah.

And Mr. Almond is the author of such diverse works as My Life in Heavy Metal and Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America. Nothing against Almond, but his expertise is clearly not in foreign affairs, national security (or Jesuit theology, for that matter).

The guys over at Human Events are noting the job opening.
- posted by Base10 @ 11:37 AM