there's nobody that knows more about truth than michael horowitz. >> thank you. [applause] it is so much my pleasure to be here among heroes and to speak out for democracy in china. but i must tell you a confession. i do so for very selfish reasons. i am the grandfather of six beautiful children. and my certain view is that the hope they have and that the hope i have for them of a good life in the 21st century will wrest more than on any other single factor, on freedom and democracy in china. we talk, as we should in washington, about a muslim terrorism, and it poses real threats to free people. but muslim terrorism cannot continue forever. the world will be upset, but not ultimately shaken by what these terrorist fanatics do. on the other hand, if china remains a democracy in the 21st century, my grandchildren, my children have the risk that there century will be even more bloody than mine in the 20th century has been. so that the heroes we celebrate today speak not only for china. they speak for 21st century in which the world knows competition to build better

when i talked to the reid students, we discussed academic freedom issuers an they didn't insert horowitz or a right wing. and so i took that as a good sign as well. they don't have those departments. : who was in revolt against the revolutions of liberty in the 18th-century. ayars are regarded as they are still pushing castro totalitarianism. you can see it in the t-shirts. he is an icon -- this is a mass murderer who executed 14 year-old. is it is the coward it is what he was an as for ballast. retarded -- i was a new lift test, we don't think that much of maoism and i didn't think that much of it were oral because of the university of texas the entire board of trustees appointed by two republican governors, bush and perry, a red state. you could take a course in the world scene through j guevara's eyes. that is the course, you read three works by him and the professor introduces from rating support of material because of a forest to sides, that is so antiquated there should be to use of some like jacob rivera or anybody. any left is so i am sorry to say there is no different. and, of c

of the david horowitz freedom center. he is the author of many books including "radical son: a generational odyssey", "unholy alliance: radical islam and the american left", and "left illusions: an intellectual odyssey". for more information on the author, please go to front page.com. the publishing imprint 12 publishes 12 books a year, cary goldstein is publicity director at 12. what are some of the books you have coming out later 2009? >> well, this summer we are publishing henry waxman's the waxman report in july. it is a look back on the landmark legislation to the congressman has been involved in, tobacco, clean air, nutritional labels and what he does is explains to us how coalitions are built, how bills could move from subcommittees' to committees, how you collect votes and it is a look at how the sauce is made. of course, of a congressman has a couple big bills coming on the floor so we expect attention to that. >> did he approach you? >> are published and -- our publisher approached him and thought that he would

. >> dave horowitz presents an appraisal of higher education based on a multiear education of college year curriculum. this event held at the four seasons hotel in los angeles is >> six years arcs i launched a campaign for an academic bill of rights, a campaign for academic freedom. on monday, i actually headed for chicago, where the trustees of the college of dupage, which is jim belushi's alma matter voted to adopt the academic bill of rights. the academic bill of rights was a very modest proposal. basically, said that if there's a controversial issue, that the subject is a matter of opinion, that students should get to hear both sides of the controversy. that they should be able to read books with more than one perspective. that would seem like a very simple thing. i can tell you that the number of liberals who have supported this modest proposal, i can number on half the fingers of one hand. the campaign against it has been quite ferocious. i've been called a mccarthy reincarnate, a malice, the thought police, and worse. i knew that this was a problem. it's not obvious. it shouldn

one thing led to another and then a lot of groups, acta, and david horowitz, a movement toward what they call academic freedom went into overdrive and started to sort of -- there was a press campaign against ward churchill. ultimately the oouvrt of colorado launches an investigation, not into his speech, because there is free speech, this is a first amendment, but into his academic history and past. unfortunately, or fortunately, they were able to find academic irregularities, plagiarism, able to find several instances of misconduct and they were able to fire him. now, what's troubling about this is not the findings, i think that i spoke to people all across the academic world from left and right who agree that pretty -- there were problems in his academic scholarship. what is troubling is it was his free speech, his anti--u.s. sentiments, criticism of what was seen as criticism or implications of the victim is what launched this investigation. so that was what was troubling and led people to say that it was a witch hunt. >> first call for our guest up in new york. she is liz garbus of h