The ASA Has Turned Itself Into a Pariah

At the New York Times, "Backlash Against Israel Boycott Throws Academic Association on Defensive":

NEW YORK — With its recent vote to boycott Israel’s higher-education institutions to protest the country’s treatment of Palestinians, the American Studies Association has itself become the target of widespread criticism and ostracism. It has gone from relative obscurity to prominence as a pariah of the United States higher-education establishment, its experience serving as a cautionary tale for other scholarly groups that might consider taking a similar stand on the Middle East.

Read it all at the link (via Carl in Jerusalem).

And from Glenn Reynolds, "Yes, this movement is not merely inept, it is evil. The ASA needs to be made an example of, sufficient to deter similar evil in the future."