Despite all the talk about how our colleges and universities are such bastions of enlightenment, in fact there are plenty of taboo subjects. Ask Larry Summers.

In this provocative column Mike Adams muses about the nasty consequences that can arise from the fact that profs (and others in society) don’t dare to bring up certain subjects.

BTW, at the Pope Center’s fall conference, one panel will be devoted to the subject of Taboo Topics.