December 13, 2002
Harvard Reverses Decision and Reinvites Poet Who Made Incendiary Comments
The English department at Harvard University has reissued an invitation that it had rescinded last month to a University of Oxford poet and professor who has made comments suggesting that Israeli settlers "should be shot." Department officials said they have reinvited Tom Paulin -- despite reported opposition from Harvard's president -- in order to make a statement about free speech.
Mr. Paulin, who grew up in Northern Ireland, was originally scheduled to give the annual
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