"The Gay Affair: A Window into Academic Corruption . . . The intellectual theft was undeniable and symbolic of a culture that prizes ideology over integrity."
"The book resurfaced 26 years later when evidence emerged that Harvard President Claudine Gay, who had long opposed Swain’s views, had plagiarised portions of it in her doctoral thesis. The plagiarism scandal, coupled with Gay’s handling of antisemitism on campus, ultimately led to her resignation in 2024. Swain chronicled this saga in her 2025 book The Gay Affair: Harvard Plagiarism and the Death of Academic Integrity, which exposes not only Gay’s misconduct but the deeper rot of academic corruption and ideological conformity within elite universities." . . .
"Having achieved everything academia could offer, Swain says she found herself deeply unfulfilled, until she rediscovered her faith in Christ. “After tenure and promotion, I was miserable,” she said. Swain suffered from depression and suicidal gestures. This was eventually overcome once she became a believer in Jesus. Her faith also cured her chronic shyness. Swain’s Christian conviction now anchors her fight against the ideological decay she sees in America’s universities.
"Swain also spoke about the growing backlash against Left-wing indoctrination on campus. “Major donors are withdrawing funding, parents are losing faith in universities, and many young people are turning to alternative forms of education,” she noted. “People are waking up.” On Black Lives Matter and Moral Clarity:
"At the Cambridge Union debate, Swain’s critique of Black Lives Matter was as incisive as ever. She said:
Consider the fact that the slogan ‘Black Lives Matter’ is a true statement about the value of Black human life. BLM, the organisation, however, is a different animal. The two are not morally equivalent. BLM stated an intention to end systemic racism and police brutality — worthy goals to the extent these problems still exist — but its methods contradicted these aims.
"Despite facing a largely unsympathetic student audience, Swain and her fellow speakers ultimately prevailed — the motion was defeated by a large margin.
"Her victory, modest as it may seem, symbolised something larger: a growing weariness with progressive orthodoxy and a renewed appetite for moral clarity, intellectual honesty, and courage in public life." . . .More, Including several video clips of her Fenton interview....
Until he retired in 2023, Norman Fenton was Professor in Risk Information Management at Queen Mary University of London. This post was first published on his Substack page, Where Are the Numbers?
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