SAFE SPACES FOR REASONED DISCUSSION: UCLA law professor Richard Sander visited Middlebury College last week at the invitation of College Republicans. Good for him.  And kudos to the College Republicans for having the intestinal fortitude to insist bringing in a distinguished, conservative speaker with something to say. Conscientious students must not let the campus brown shirts win. If they shout down one speaker who they find offensive, invite three more in their place. The more people outside of colleges and universities hear about it, the better.

Sander is the leading academic researcher on the topic of “mismatch” (though Thomas Sowell coined the term long ago). For a primer on mismatch, try A Dubious Expediency: How Race-Preferential Admissions Policies on Campus Hurt Minority Students.