Hunter posted on his blog about a crackdown in Iran on "liberal professors" by Iran's fundamentalist government. That is something conservatives have also complained about in the US as well! And that is one reason I am encouraging you to explore your own politics, the moral and political views contained in the St. Ed's Mission Statement, and the values informing our book and this course. The mission statement, with its emphasis on internationalism, social equality, and individual rights, could be considered at least somewhat "liberal" by some on the right. St Ed's does not try to hide its values, and as a private university it can teach whatever values it wants, since no public funds are involved. But I wonder what your experience has been--have you met "liberal professors" on campus (or conservative ones) who have tried to "indoctrinate" you? Or are students too sophisticated and independent to get pushed around like that? Or are there forms of influence at work at SEU that are more subtle than that? For your Monday blog post, if you don't want to blog about your topics, you might reflect on these questions, and comment around on your classmates' blogs...I think it is an important question in a class that focuses on diversity (in this case, of ideas) and on controversial social issues....