Stephen Walt to step down as head oh Harvard's Kennedy School of Government?

A reader writes:

First Harvard boots Larry Summers for exhibiting Galilean curiosity about the world around him, and now Harvard boots the Dean of the Kennedy School of Government for daring to point out that the people who are powerful enough to have him fired are . . . . powerful.

But this lockdown on free speech at Harvard pales in comparison to the move to crush Politically Incorrect speech in Europe and Canada.

I fear that we are entering a new global Dark Age.

I'm having trouble confirming this demotion of Walt. Justin Raimondo cites this article in The Australian newspaper, which looks legit, but raises the question of why the only publication to hear about it is on the opposite side of the world from Cambridge, MA. A reader writes:

I Googled too when I heard this-- but after reading the Australian article it struck me that these sorts of post are typically time limited in academica. Believe it or not, many academics would rather be spending time researching and writing. I found a report from four years ago on Walt's appointment. Coupled with the way the Australian phrased the resignation 'KSG confirmed Walt will be stepping down in June' , it sounds to me like this is a normal academic duty rotation.

In any case, doesn't this entire controversy where the Israel Lobby en masse furiously denounces these two scholars for pointing out the existence of the Israel Lobby remind you of that scene in "The Wizard of Oz" where the Wizard shouts, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"?

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