Ferocious, unprincipled defense of the left-liberal elite

James Taranto writes that

Censorship and violence are the greatest threats to truth and freedom.

He tells a story involving journalism professors

exposed as enemies of freedom of the press.

That, it seems to us, is the central story of our time. The left-liberal elite that attained cultural dominance between the 1960s and the 1980s--and that since 2008 has seen itself as being on the cusp of political dominance as well--is undergoing a crisis of authority, and its defenses are increasingly ferocious and unprincipled. Journalists lie or ignore important but politically uncongenial stories. Scientists suppress alternative hypotheses. Political organizations bully apolitical charities. The Internal Revenue Service persecutes dissenters. And campus censorship goes on still.

We still don't have a college degree.

But we did get a hell of an education.