Letter: Yale controls its Press
Professor Anthony Kronman’s recent editorial, “Yale is Distinct from its Press” (Sept. 30), warrants a brief reply. Kronman, who sits on the Board of Governors of Yale University Press, bears a measure of personal responsibility for the moment we are in— where Yale has, for the first time, censored a wide range of images, all of them relevant to an author’s argument.
Kronman writes that the University and its Press are “distinct.” This is undoubtedly true, but it obscures the larger point: Yale owns, operates, and controls the Press, which is nothing more than a constituent part of...
