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"Throw the book at them" Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Don't you remember the last time the Feds tried that? McNamara threatened to pull Federal funding if Harvaard did something he didn't like (probably toss ROTC off campus).

The President of Harvard simply suggested that the Secretary check Harvard's endowment and call him the next day. End of argument.

For an example, Harvard Medical School has the highest tuition of any medical school and needs it not at all. The endowment is so large that if med school tuition was given away free, the only impact on the school would be that the endowment would grow at a slower rate.

When one's institution has been in exixtance longer than the American government, one tends to acquire significant amounts of property, and other assets. Not to mention a library accurately described as The Library.

Back when Mom was on graduate faculty at BU, I remember walking around Cambridge and being aware that of all buildings worth having, probably half had passed into the hands of Harvard over the centuries.

I mention this bit of history because academic freedom shopuld not be subjected to the winds of political elections.

While I am growing more certain that President Bush will be seen as one of America's better Presidents, there is no doubt that his stand on stem cell research is a major error.

To stand in the way of an evolving science is akin to taking a broom to the incoming tide. Even worse, it takes America out of what may be a critically important area of research and profits.