Yale and the Danish cartoons
Sarah Ruden is a poet who has produced an esteemed translation of Vergil’s Aeneid. She also wrote an interesting essay (subscribers only) about the Aeneid and the experience of translating it that was published a few years ago in the New Criterion.
Ruden’s translation of the Aeneid is published by Yale University Press. In [...]
The case of the missing cartoons
Why did Yale University Press remove the Muhammad cartoons from Brandeis University Professor Jytte Klausen’s forthcoming book on the cartoon controversy? It turns out, Roger Kimball reports, the question is not susceptible to an easy answer. Kimball explores the question in “Villain or fall guy: Yale and the case of the missing cartoons.” [...]
Fac me cocleario vomere!
The Yale motto is Lux et Veritas. In view of the decision of Yale University Press to remove the Muhammad cartoons from Brandeis University Professor Jytte Klausen’s forthcoming book on the cartoon controversy, Mark Steyn thinks Timiditas et Deditio would be more like it.
Among those taking note are Roger Kimball and Allahpundit. [...]
