The NC Wesleyan course “911 The Road to Tyranny” continues to
generate ink based on Professor Jane Christensen’s assertion that the
U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attacks, and on the names she has
called those who question the course’s validity and her beliefs. That
includes the Pope Center’s Jon Sanders. Last week we told you
Christensen called Sanders a “neo-Nazi” on her web site. In the Rocky Mount Telegram
on Saturday, she asserted that the criticism is part of an attack on
academic freedom around the country. Sanders told the paper her
argument is a straw man meant to deflect questions about academic rigor
of the course, which relies on weblogs and other sources that may not
be credible.