<p>As I said in the other thread, I see no <em>necessary</em> conflict with the Kalven Report if there is an Obama Presidential library at the U of C – even one headed by an ex-President. My arguments were laid out there, so I won’t reiterate them. Have a look, if you really are not familiar with the thread.</p>
<p>As for whether the Kalven Report itself is so flawed that it should be rethought, I wonder what your ideas for a revision would be. I agree with Cue that you seem to have a problem with its implementation. And of course, there are arguments to be made against the ideal of objective scholarship and the thought that there is a clear enough line between scholarship and politics that the Report espouses to allow the principles of the report to be implemented fairly. </p>
<p>But, if those are the arguments you are making, I think it is incumbent on you to suggest what a better Kalven Report – or its replacement – would look like.</p>