John J. Miller shakes his head at my defense of the University of Wisconsin’s delay in running a search for the Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair. But he doesn’t contest my contention that the problem is that the endowment is underpowered relative to the revenue it would need to produce in order to pay the salary and benefits of a worthy successor to Edward M. “Mac” Coffman.
Nor does he so much as whisper to the readers of National Review Online that they ought to contribute to the Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair fund, top it off, and thereby deprive Wisconsin of any further excuse not to fill the chair.
And if Wisconsin still sits on its hands with a full endowment, believe me, I’ll be the first one to stage a sit-in, hunger strike, or whatever it takes to embarrass them into doing the right thing.
But of course, John’s got the bigger bully pulpit. So why not use it, John? I’m all “atwitter” to know.
Any “trouble keeping track” of this “attack”?
I’ll get you the contact information for contributions to the Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair. Then I’ll be very curious to see what, if anything, you do with it.
Oh and by the way — Go Bucks! Muck Fichigan!
