In this episode of Radio Free Campus, co-hosts Steve McGuire and Justin Garrison talk about how a recent Wall Street Journal article criticizing institutional neutrality makes the same mistakes as previous objections to such policies. The podcast hosts also discuss a recent article in Compact about a distinguished professor leaving Harvard for the greater intellectual diversity and rigor of the University of Florida’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education. Steve and Justin also announce the first “Hero of the People” and “Apparatchik of the Month” awards for 2026.
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