On September 19, dogmatic- Marxist- turned- dogmatic- capitalist David Horowitz participated in a debate at Bloomsburg University with BU philosophy professor Kurt Smith. From the few accounts I've seen and heard, Horowitz got trounced. The student newspaper has just-the-facts coverage here (registration required(wtf?) - use bugmenot.com). However, here's a much more in-depth (though clearly one-sided) review by Dave Lindorff. An excerpt from Lindorff's piece struck me in particular:

Horowitz asserted, without providing any evidence to back his claim, that liberal professors are indoctrinating students, telling them that America is bad, that criminals are just rebels against an unjust society, etc. But Smith said, "We held hearings in Pennsylvania, and not a single case came forward to show indoctrination of students by professors. Where's the bogyman?"

Smith won boisterous applause for insisting that university classrooms are not public spaces where all speakers have equal rights. In the classroom, he asserted, there is a natural asymmetry, as a consequence of the professor's "experience and credentials." In a dig that caused Horowitz to visibly stiffen, Smith said, "You only have a master's degree in English, have never sat on a hiring committee, and never taught, and yet you are expressing expertise about higher education." He concluded, turning to the audience, "Mr. Horowitz should follow his own advice about professors sticking to their subject areas. Since he has no experience in higher education, he should not offer to solve higher education's problems. He's feigning to be an academic."