In a Clash of Academic-Freedom Titans, Civility Reigns

It was billed as "Academia's Royal Rumble." In one corner, David Horowitz. In the other, Ward Churchill.

More than any other two men, these two have become stand-ins for the new culture wars. In the minds of each side, they are almost caricatures. One side sees Mr. Horowitz, the left-wing radical turned conservative writer, as a hyperbolic huckster who plays fast and loose with the facts. The other side views Mr. Churchill, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at

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