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Re:An Honest Living
by jjoonathan on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @02:02AM
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$600k, half of which probably disappeared into taxes, and his career is shot.
The subtitle mentions that he was a tenured professor, so he's not feigning simplicity either.
Wikipedia: In response to the university's actions, a group of over 40 Jewish faculty and students at the university signed a letter to Chancellor Wise and the board, protesting what they consider an unjustified conflation of "criticism of the Israeli state with anti-Semitism."
I'm pleasantly surprised that he got such a settlement.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/08/10/u-illinois-re...
some administrators had hidden some emails about the case - so the university had to settle.
I find myself much easier to be a principled individual with $800K in the bank account than without. Give the man a break.
I find myself much easier to be a principled individual with $800K in the bank account than without.
Isn't that exactly what 'superconformist said?
Don't be silly, "just a simple man" is clearly meant to be sarcastic.
the worst tldr i've read in a while.
I read a large chunk of it, and I didn't notice anything about asettlement -- this definitely puts a VERY different perspective on it.