Controversy simmers over university’s invitation to former 70’s radical to speak at colloquium
New York Times columnist Jack Hitt argues that while it is important to allow controversial speakers to mount the soapbox, the First Amendment is also honored by a public debate over exactly who should be invited to state their views. -DB The New York Times Opinion November 17, 2009 By Jack Hitt The Issue First, colloquium organizers at the University of Massachusetts invited Raymond Luc Levasseur — a founder of the United Freedom Front, a