“one cannot help but ponder how a dried up old hippie, whose claim to fame is almost 40 years old, can possibly be relevant as someone who shows action in today’s world”
This is wrong-headed thinking. Ayers committed terrorist acts 40 years ago, but he has done much more damage recently and continues to do so. His accomplishments in the field of turning the education system into an indoctrination machine are much more heinous than the bombs he set. He is certainly one of the left’s current leaders (as the article puts it).
The “multiple perspective” aspect mentioned in the article is part of the Marxist Dialectic. Wiki it if you aren’t familiar.
Apparently, the only leadership the college is interested in, is socialist, community-organizer-style leadership.
Your tax dollars at work.
I agree with all your characterizations of Ayers, but he is still a serious threat. Many in Chicago and in education consider him to be a guiding light for our childrens education; bringing “social justice” to our children. This is another serious reason why the ONE should not have been elcted; since he is on the same page as Ayers on education.
Didn’t he also recently take his “education plan” to Venezuela where Hugo Chavez praised it?